"The Pentagon, for all its symbolism, is actually more the civil-service bit of the American 'war-machine,' and is set in a crowded Virginia neighborhood. . . .
One would think that across the street from the P there are town-houses and people walking their dogs. In fact the P is surrounded by parking lots, fields, and freeways. It is no more in a "crowded Virginia neighborhood" than some huge shopping mall.
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