Life at War is a poetry book that talks about the Vietnam war, but it also reflects on how wars and conflicts have been internalized as something natural in our daily lives and how much they influence in our mindset and worldview. The best image that supports this idea is expressed in the verse “. . . the mucous membrane of our dreams/coated with it”, because it refers to the wide control War ideas have on out thoughts and dreams.
US Military Personnel (1939-1945)
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1939Army: 189,839
Navy: 125,202
Marines: 19,432
Total: 334,473
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1940<span>Army: 269,023</span>
Navy: 160,997
Marines: 28,345
Total: 458,365
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1941Army: 1,462,315
Navy: 284,427
Marines: 54,359
Total: 1,801,101
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1942Army: 3,075,608
Navy: 640,570
Marines: 142,613
Coast Guard: 56,716
Total: 3,915,507
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1943Army: 6,994,472
Navy: 1,741,750
Marines: 308,523
Coast Guard: 151,167
Total:9,195,912
1944Army: 7,994,750
Navy: 2,981,365
Marines: 475,604
Coast Guard: 171,749
Total: 11,623,468
1945Army: 8,267,958
Navy: 3,380,817
Marines: 474,680
<span>Coast Guard: 85,783</span>
Total: 12,209,238
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Answer: An Illusion.
Explanation: One of the most celebrated paradoxes in the history of philosophy is that which tells the story of the Greek hero Achilles and the tortoise. It is said that Achilles, running a race with a tortoise, in a rush of generosity, decided to give her a small advantage, letting the animal break a few inches in front of him. According to the Greek philosopher Zeno, as fast as Achilles moved, he could never get past the tortoise. The paradox formulated by Zeno is this: each time Achilles travels a certain distance within a given time, the turtle has already traveled another distance
What Zeno was doing was to demonstrate that the movement of objects is an unrealistic and contradictory phenomenon, always consisting of mere illusion of the senses.