An interesting post, bob.  Could you describe what you mean by 'the
military ethos' and say why you think Pound found it irresistible?   Are
there places in his work where Pound reveals himself to be drawn to the
military ethos? How would you assimilate into this view poems from the WWI
period, such as Hugh Selwyn Mauberley iv. "These fought in any case..." and
v. "There died a myriad..."? Did Pound's anti-war attitudes undergo a
sea-change in the 1920s and '30s?
Tim Romano

At 10:59 PM 1/12/03 -0500, bob scheetz wrote:
>  And presumably, since the latter's [populism's] reactionism harked back
> principally to military ethos, Pound was irresistably drawn.