On the night that the Second World war was declared, there were crowds in the street. It was a summer's night and… — Laurens van der Post Copy Share Image
The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all… — John Keegan Copy Share Image
When television came roaring in after the war (World War II) they did a little school survey asking children which they preferred… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
First, climate change is the greatest long-term threat faced by humanity. It could cause more human and financial suffering than the two… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
Grief is like a bomber circling round and dropping its bombs each time the circle brings it overhead; physical pain is like… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
World War III will be triggered off not by suppressed nationalists seeking political independence, as happened the first time around when the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
A personal story of the horrors that Poles lived through during World War II. When God Looked the Other Way, above all… — Arnold Beichman Copy Share Image
When Turkey began approaching the EU, I wasn't the only one who worried that the dark stain in Turkey's history - or… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The threat of mutually assured destruction worked for the United States during the Cold War because it had proved its willingness to… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
When he served in China during World War II, [Ho Chi Minh] learned about Mao Zedong's tactics of guerrilla war against the… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
Earth is already being integrated into the Pentagon, and the man in the Pentagon is already piloting the world war - or… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
![“It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for a way to leave. I entered the houses, there were houses where the coffee and pita bread were left on the table, and I could not avoid [thinking] that this, indeed, had been the picture in…” quote by Golda Meir](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/eeb/golda-meir-5181_bread_it-is-a-dreadful-thing-to-see-the-dead-c_2702070.png)
![“When he served in China during World War II, [Ho Chi Minh] learned about Mao Zedong's tactics of guerrilla war against the Japanese (and later against Chiang Kai-shek's forces), and he translated some of Mao's works into Vietnamese. But it is clear that his own ideas on how to counter the enemy…” quote by William J. Duiker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/98d/william-j-duiker-21821_china_when-he-served-in-china-during-world-war_2125987.jpg)
