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No one should be allowed to advocate war
UNLESS they have read this book
AND enlist to serve in the front lines.
If you're going to talk the talk, walk the walk.

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 2:
In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Ambrose G. Bierce (USA, 1842 – circa 1914).
Journalist · Writer • Civil War Soldier & Battle Veteran (1861-1866).
The sardonic view of human nature that informed his work – along with his vehemence as a critic, with his motto "nothing matters" – earned him the nickname "Bitter Bierce."... though he was known to encourage younger writers ...
Bierce employed a distinctive style of writing, especially in his stories. This style often embraces an abrupt beginning, dark imagery, vague references to time, limited descriptions, the theme of war, and impossible events.
Bierce is a master of the surprise ending. As a veteran of the American Civil War (and like many veterans) anger simmers just below the surface ... in his life and in his stories. - GR

SOLDIERS
1. A Horseman in the Sky
2. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
3. Chickamauga
4. A Son of the Gods
5. One of the Missing
6. Killed at Resaca
7. The Affair at Coulter's Notch
8. The Coup De Grâce
9. Parker Adderson, Philosopher
10. An Affair of Outposts
11. The Story of a Conscience
12. One Kind of Officer
13. One Officer, One Man
14. George Thurston
15. The Mocking-Bird

CIVILIANS
1. The Man Out of the Nose
2. An Adventure at Brownville
3. The Famous Gilson Bequest
4. The Applicant
5. A Watcher by the Dead
6. The Man and the Snake
7. A Holy Terror
8. The Suitable Surroundings
9. The Boarded Window
10. A Lady from Red Horse
11. The Eyes of the Panther ( )

CUENTOS EN NORTEAMÉRICA, EN LA ÉPOCA DE LA GUERRA DE SECESIÓN. ( )

Dans Morts violentes, il n'y a pas de fantômes ou de phénomènes anormaux mais une exploration clinique de la réalité la plus crue, dont l'issue est l'insoutenable horreur de la mort. A travers les cauchemards de la guerre de Sécession, qui valent bien ceux d'Edgar Poe, Bierce porte la short story à son plus haut degré de perfection et s'affirme comme l'un de précurseurs de la littérature américaine du XXème siècle.