AMERICA GOES TO WAR: President Roosevelt's Messages, The Declaration of War, Negotiations Leading to War, Official Documents, Events

The American Theatre Wing War Service, Inc. Chicago: Columbia Educational Books, copyright 1942. 192 pages, (63)pp 'Your personal record' offers blanks for soldier entries. Illustrated, map endsheets. 7x4.5", gold stamped cloth. 'Peter H. Welch, Camp Pittsburgh, Calif, 1943' on front blank, 2pp manuscript note: 'Fort Lawton, Mar. 22. The Army puts a high premium on the idiocy of non-coms. I've come to the conclusion that art & war are at opposite poles. War demands efficiency only - not beauty. Through my formal education I've learned to bring relaxation from strain to those who are sensitive to beauty. As far as I can see there is no connecting link between my profession & war. I think I'm becoming a little bitter towards the whole stinking mess!'. Adhesions inside front cover, slightly rubbed, shaken, G.