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Jessica's Well blog reported a find.
Life magazine. January 7, 1946. An editorial foreword; a report by John Dos Passos.
So there.
Update. Copied the texts in the comments.
The troops returning home are worried. “We’ve lost the peace,” men tell you. “We can’t make it stick.”
A tour of the beaten-up cities of Europe six months after victory is a mighty sobering experience for anyone. Europeans. Friend and foe alike, look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American. They cite the evolution of the word “liberation.” Before the Normandy landings it meant to be freed from the tyranny of the Nazis. Now it stands in the minds of the civilians for one thing, looting.
A tour of the beaten-up cities of Europe six months after victory is a mighty sobering experience for anyone. Europeans. Friend and foe alike, look you accusingly in the face and tell you how bitterly they are disappointed in you as an American. They cite the evolution of the word “liberation.” Before the Normandy landings it meant to be freed from the tyranny of the Nazis. Now it stands in the minds of the civilians for one thing, looting.
Life magazine. January 7, 1946. An editorial foreword; a report by John Dos Passos.
So there.
Update. Copied the texts in the comments.
Explanation
Of course, there is a lot we cannot foresee today like then. Dire predictions are useful only when they serve us to figure out how to avoid them, not when they are used to throw dirt at a political opponent or an idea. Past history may be instructional here, but people rarely learn.
This and more is discussed in the linked blog item.
I think what I will do now is I will copy the texts here, to have a local LJ copy of each.