Project Gutenberg 2023-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 111 Wilson, Richard 1920 1987 Wilson, Dick Halibut, Edward The enemy $aNew York, NY :$bRoyal Publications, Inc., $c1957. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Enemy" by Richard Wilson is a thought-provoking science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of warfare and humanity through a lens that questions the morality of killing in combat, contrasting past and present conflicts. Set in a dystopian scenario, it examines how war can dehumanize soldiers and the psychological toll it takes on them. The story centers on a sergeant and a lieutenant standing watch over the battlefield, grappling with the horror of their actions as they witness the aftermath of combat. The sergeant reflects on the grim responsibility of inflicting death on the enemy, demonstrating a deep sense of empathy and reluctance to embrace total violence. They discuss the idea that the enemy soldiers they fight are somehow preserved, metaphorically “frozen,” raising questions about the nature of life and death in war. As they navigate their discomfort with the brutality surrounding them, the narrative delves into the internal struggles of soldiers who must reconcile their humanity with the demands of warfare. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230820101107wilson 1957 US Reading ease score: 89.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories War stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 32520 2025-06-28T09:58:58.657758 text/html 29723 2023-09-14T13:04:10 text/html 429301 2025-06-28T09:59:02.140747 application/epub+zip 428096 2025-06-28T09:59:00.336677 application/epub+zip 428097 2025-06-28T09:58:59.313766 application/epub+zip 1459522 2025-06-28T09:59:03.324696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1453578 2025-06-28T09:59:01.476733 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 24846 2025-06-28T09:58:58.331701 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24867 2023-09-14T13:04:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17547 2025-06-28T09:59:03.448672 application/rdf+xml 28749 2025-06-28T09:58:59.758700 image/jpeg 4872 2025-06-28T09:58:59.533710 image/jpeg 2891395 2023-09-14T13:04:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 2895225 2025-06-28T09:58:58.680711 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia