Neither Victims Nor Executioners

Description

A reprinting of a series of essays written by Camus originally appearing serially in the 1946 Fall issues of "Combat," a French resistance newspaper published during WWII. In the essays he discusses violence, murder & the impact these have on those who perpetrate, suffer or observe. (These essays, orginally written in French, were translated into English by Dwight Macdonald & were 1st published in the July-August issue of "Politics." With Mcadonald's permission, they were republished in this volume.) Camus' essays deal with the future of politics & human society in the era of modern warfare & totalitarian states.