Mark Twain's posthumously published 'war prayer' -- what such a prayer would sound like if spoken honestly, with a mind toward the real consequences of what war means. Not the glory, but the tragedy. Someone put it to video.
Published in 1904 - and therefore useful supplemental for the 20thC change of heart regarding the glory of war. Fitting that it would have been so controversial (pre-1918) that his family dissuaded him from publishing. "Only the dead can tell the truth."
Hat tip: Kevin Drum.
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