As the military brass become more and more vicious (not just to Yossarian but his comrades), we start to realize that Milo is really the person running the war. He is the ultimate salesman and is creating a master corporation, feasting on both the allies and the enemy. I always get a kick out of those who find this book and story unrealistic. Of course it's unrealistic. It's a major parody with a punch-in-the-gut mentality. It is about people, trapped not just by their superiors but by the military handbook which contains the notorious Catch 22 which doesn't allow for anything but destruction of the soul. It was an anti-war book written around the Vietnam War. A war that was steeped in corruption and coverups.