When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.
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Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought
back upon it.)
Either this or upon this. (Either bring this back or be brought
back upon it.)
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.
To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer read more
To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.
All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and read more
All of us who served in one war or another know very well that all wars are the glory and the agony of the young.
The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral read more
The Establishment center... has led us into the stupidest and cruelest war in all history. That war is a moral and political disaster - a terrible cancer eating away at the soul of our nation.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.
We will fight them in the air, land and sea, and their aggression
will achieve nothing but failure.
'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think read more
'What war?' said the Prime Minister sharply. 'No one has said anything to me about a war. I really think I should have been told. I'll be damned,' he said defiantly, 'if they shall have a war without consulting me. What's a cabinet for, if there's not more mutual confidence than that? What do they want a war for anyway?'
