carl sandburg's poem gave rise to the saying suppose they gave a war and nobody came.
carl sandburg's poem gave rise to the saying suppose they gave a war and nobody came.
whose poem gave rise to the saying suppose they gave a war and nobody came?
carl sandburg
gene scott keyes (born october 24, 1941) is a former assistant professor of world politics, a sometime peace activist, noted cartographer, and promoter of the international second language esperanto. he achieved considerable attention for his peace activism when his mother, charlotte e. keyes wrote an article for mccall's, "suppose they gave a war and nobody came" (october 1966). the title phrase, based on a quote from a carl sandburg poem, became part of the anti-vietnam-war lexicon. the slogan also went on to become the basis of the film suppose they gave a war and nobody came. his cartography work has won two awards.
gene keyes
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suppose they gave a war and nobody came (also known as war games, old soldiers never) is a 1970 american drama-comedy film feature film directed by hy averback, produced by fred engel, and starring brian keith, don ameche, tony curtis, ernest borgnine, suzanne pleshette, ivan dixon, and pamela britton. the plot is a mixture of comic and dramatic elements and concerns the reactions of a number of world war ii veterans to the contemporary us army.
suppose they gave a war and nobody came