sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ: "ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀs ᴏғ ᴡᴀʀ" ʙʏ ʙᴏʙ ᴅʏʟᴀɴ

                81 - 83

written after Cuban Missile Crisis, in winter 1962-63

Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address on 1/17/1961

industry profits from making machinery of war

those who profit shield themselves from personal involvement

simple rhyme scheme creates stark mood, stanza
ends with declarative, emphatic last rhyme

complement to "With God on Our Side"

history of American wars recounted

use God's will to justify war

equate master of war with judas Iscariot

absence of forgiveness

folk singer - Judy Collins unwilling to sing last stanza

song ends with speaker staying at funeral of masters of war,
making sure they're dead