[Collectively, say military historians, war correspondents and retired senior officers, the country seems to have concluded that war heroes pack a political punch that requires caution. They have become not just symbols of bravery but also reminders of the war's thorniest questions.] No one wants to call the attention of the public to bloodletting and heroism and the horrifying character of combat, ... What situation can be imagined that would promote the war and not remind people of its ambivalence? Richard Kohn