The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did… — Will Eisner Copy Share Image
My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given… — Valerie Plame Copy Share Image
“I told him that if we doubted that we are demons in Hell, he should read The Mysterious Stranger, which Mark Twain… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
My fascination with war is because my dad was in World War II, and my brother was in Vietnam. — Jeff Hanneman Copy Share Image
“But even if they could go home it would be difficult for me to tell you what the moral of the story… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
“Did you know that at one time trick-or-treating was stopped? It's true. During World War II children were not allowed to trick… — Linda Bozzo Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family full of strong women. A great aunt on my mother's side had been a matron on… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
“the democracies that arose after the First World War (and the Second) often collapsed when a single party seized power in some… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
“Father was always getting into scrapes when he was a lad. But the worst scrape he ever hot hisself into was the… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“Ferguson also takes a swipe at the conventional wisdom surrounding aspects of World War I. “The key to the Allies’ victory was… — Luke Williams Copy Share Image
Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people,… — Woody Harrelson Copy Share Image
A top World War II ace once said that fighter pilots fall into two broad categories: those who go out to kill… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The meaning of sex is illustrated by two eponymous heroes of British history, King Edward VII (who flourished in the years before… — Steve Jones Copy Share Image
Not long after I was married, World War II began. My husband John volunteered for the Navy and was sent to Pensacola… — Frances Hesselbein Copy Share Image
“Socially, politically, economically, militarily, culturally, racially, sexually, demographically, even mythologically, World War II was the crucible that forged modern America. It was… — Haynes Johnson Copy Share Image
The Second World War had a precipitating effect in that it discredited the empires, as well as bankrupting them. Not only could… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
