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摘要

Muscatine has bled for Europe twice. Forty-eight young men did-n't return to the lush Mississippi River town from the first world war. World War Ⅱ killed 64. Now, if NATO ever beckons, army Pfc. David Barclay knows that he could have to risk his own life. Like most other Americans, Barclay has heard little about three former East Bloc nations joining the alliance. But he does know something about the Russians. His unit, based in California, regularly engages in war games as the army of mythical Kras-novia. Barclay and his fellow "Krasnovians" wear red stars and drive U.S. armor tricked up to look like Russian tanks. If asked to protect Poles from real Russians, Barclay says, he'll fight to the death. But not, he admits, without first murmuring, "Why do I want to defend them?"