Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 5, What are We Doing to Our Children? Summary and Analysis

This chapter is devoted to desensitization of the public through the mass media and convincing readers of the magnitude of this problem. He recognizes that there has been a slightly-closeted concern surrounding the detachment from the killing of plants and animals both for our food supply and for the protection of our food supply from other animals. Of course, there are also elements that relate this clearly to other humans: resources, be they financial or emotional are involved. What the high ranking officer does in these pages is to look at society and ask: Have we somehow been doing something to our population in general...