She declared in The Life of the Spirit and the Life of Today (E. P. Dutton, 1923) that society would be enhanced «if the civil
wars of civilized man could cease and be replaced by that other mental fight, for the upbuilding of Jerusalem.»
But regardless, I say that Dylan, for the sake
of civilized and civic - minded decency, and yes, also on the grounds
of hesitancy about so categorically pitting his young
man's gut instinct against the experienced judgment
of men like Kennan and Aron, should have aborted «Masters
of War» before it ever emerged from his lips.