I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
“I built, of blocks, a town three hundred thousand strong, whose avenues were paved with a wine-colored rug and decorated by large… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
Since World War II, the rules-based international order created and maintained by the United States has benefited peoples around the globe and… — Mac Thornberry Copy Share Image
I was born in Allied-controlled Pola. At the end of World War II, the victorious wartime Allied powers negotiated the details of… — Lidia Bastianich Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
“It took just over 15 years to recover the money invested at the 1929 peak, following a crash far worse than Smith… — Jeremy J. Siegel Copy Share Image
The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to… — Steve Sabol Copy Share Image
“In World War II, 35,933 AAF planes were lost in combat and accidents. The surprise of the attrition rate is that only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is another innovation at Harvard which I think made a tremendous difference and that is the decision to try to recruit… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
Chinese Communist Party leaders are students of history, and they recognize America's arsenal of democracy all but ensured America's triumph in the… — Michael Waltz Copy Share Image
“In just a bony fistful of years, classical Russian food culture vanished, almost without a trace. The country's nationalistic euphoria on entering… — Anya von Bremzen Copy Share Image
“Few would argue against safe-guarding the nation. But in the judgment of at least one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars,… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
Remember how the first world war broke out. It broke out as a result of the desire to redivide the world. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
The achievements of Labour in the years after the Second World War should never be underestimated, but they are now history. — Bob Crow Copy Share Image
Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
I don't know what weapons will be used in World War III, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
The E.U. is the latest of a series of multinational organizations set up after World War II to ensure that there would… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
One thing that does seem to me to be fairly consistent is that presidents who restrict civil liberties, even in wartime, are… — David Greenberg Copy Share Image
When I worked with General Electric, again this was soon after the Second World War, you know, I was keeping up with… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation.… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino'… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
The First World War began because one man was shot. The Second World War began because of a mad German dictator. Who… — Ronald Lauder Copy Share Image
