Published on the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death in April 2007, Armageddon in Retrospect collects 12 of his unpublished writings on war and peace.

Written with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor, the pieces range from a visceral nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II--a piece that is as timely today as it was then--to a darker and more poignant story about the impossibility of shielding our children from the temptations of violence. This volume says as much about the times in which we live as it does about the genius of the man who wrote it.

Also included here are Vonnegut's last speech, an assortment of his drawings, and an introduction by the author's son, Mark Vonnegut.