I now know one thing: in the heat of battle, in the thick of the action, you don't think - you don't even feel afraid because you're so distracted and absorbed... In any case I have to rethink my ideas about heroism and courage under fire. It's only half as bad as I thought. Once you've taken the first step, you just keep charging ahead. Gabriele Annan, in When the Russians came, The New York Review of Books, October 6, 2005.