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I wanted to look at the differences between how we fought then and how we fight now, because the current lack of closure generates a state of psychological unease that is interesting to acknowledge and examine.

Chris Cleave

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Differences
Examine
State
Fought
Fighting
Current
Interesting
Currents
States
Acknowledge
Wanted
Psychological
Unease
Look
Lack
Closure
Looks
Fight
Generates

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