Rotter explained that the intentional similarity of his prose including firsthand accounts of each of the attacks reflected the common experiences of the victims. "There seemed a logic, noble and less so, in the way that the bombed responded to their circumstances. … The experience of the bombed is important for the larger story of the war. It implies also sympathy for their plight" Rotter said. He went on to note that, following the end of the war, Americans largely did not express this sympathy. Full Article at The Badger Herald