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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Getting shot at
    sub title: essays on war, conflict and culture clash
  name:
    name part: Ehrhart, W. D. (William Daniel)
    name part: 1948-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  type of resource: text
  genre: biography
  genre: essay
  genre: Autobiographies.
  genre: Essays.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ncu
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: pages cm
  abstract: ""This essay collection offers insights and perspectives on a wide range of contemporary topics and issues including war in Ukraine and the Middle East, the challenges facing American constitutional democracy, and arguments over what should be taught in our schools and how it should be taught. Anyone concerned about the current state of affairs in the United States, let alone in the wider world, will find this book insightful and thought-provoking. It will be of particular interest to readers who value tolerance, inclusion, diversity, fairness, and the dignity of all human beings."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: Machine generated contents note: Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. A Shortage of Teachers -- 2. When a Thing of Beauty May Not Be a Joy -- 3. The Wizard of Oz: Who's Behind the Curtain? -- 4. A Meditation on Pronouns -- 5. Will Wonders Never Cease? -- 6. What's the Point of History? -- 7. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities -- 8. Collectively Speaking, Americans Are Stark Raving Mad -- 9. Snowflake Culture -- 10. Sticks & Stones -- 11. King Kong & Fay Wray -- 12. Dan Ellsberg: A Personal Reflection -- 13. Let There Be Light -- 14. The Myth of the ƯƯSpat-Upon Veteran -- 15. Mission: Impossible -- 16. Tweedledum & Tweedledee? -- 17. Fiddling While Rome Burns -- 18. Happy Birthday, Henry the K -- 19. Phillis Wheatley: The Surprising African Poetess -- 20. Lifting the Lamp Beside the Golden Door -- 21. College Admissions: Foul & Fair -- 22. How Is This Possible? -- 23. Reaping the Whirlwind -- 24. Of Poetry & Lawyers -- 25. I Really Hope I'm Wrong -- 26. No Spring Chickens in This Henhouse -- 27. Looking on the Bright Side -- 28. Is Peace Possible? -- 29. A Gordian Knot in the Middle East -- 30. Trusting Teachers to Teach -- 31. A Poet in Palestine -- 32. I Pledge Allegiance....
  note: W.D. Ehrhart.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Ehrhart, W. D. (William Daniel)
      name part: 1948-
  subject:
    topic: Poets, American
    temporal: 20th century
  subject:
    topic: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    topic: Veterans
  subject:
    geographic: United States
    topic: Civilization
    temporal: 21st century
  subject:
    topic: Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975
    topic: Anciens combattants
  subject:
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Civilisation
    temporal: 21e siècle
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War
  classification: PS3555.H67 Z46 2026
  classification: HIS027070
  identifier: 9781476658629
  identifier: 1476658625
  identifier: 9798368601243
  identifier: 2026018010
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 260717
    record change date: 20260801173453.6
    record identifier: in00005789527
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng