Objectivity VS. Emotion

     The battle of Dresden is  famous battle that started to signal the decay and defeat of the third Reich, Dresden was bombed because of a last resort of the British Air Force that still remains as one of the most polemic war actions., since it destroyed one of the most culturally relevant cities in Germany. Vonnegut was there as a POW when Dresden was bombed, that's how he escaped...no one rescued him. The fact that Vonnegut wasn't rescued I think has a lot to do with his way of writing since there isn't a single hint of patriotism in the war books I've read ("Mother Night" and "Slaughter House-Five"). As well his writing seems very objective and even unemotional sometimes, this is uncommon in war books since most of the ones written from personal experience look to highlight the gore, pain and triumph that comes with a war. This also might work to prove that Billy isn't Vonnegut since Billy's parts aren't written with this emotion of a man scared by war, either this or Kurt Vonnegut is completely at peace with what scared him. The trip to Dresden with the Guggenheim money might have helped since he visited were it all went down and with the support of other scared men, however there are still some hints of the psychological wounds the war left him like his drinking problem and his sleepless nights, even sometimes both together. How can a POW experience one of WWII's most cruel and horrible bombings and write about it so casually?