Character Quote by Ernst Haeckel

“It is incontrovertible that the First World War was a catastrophe for Europe. It remains hard to see, however, by what means its statesmen…

— Max Hastings

The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

— Margaret MacMillan

European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches. The…

— Virginia Postrel

“THE FIRST WORLD WAR was a tragic and unnecessary conflict. Unnecessary because the train of events that led to its outbreak might have been…

— John Keegan

The First World War was a war devoid of any virtue. It arose from the quagmire of European tribalism: a complex interplay of nation-state…

— Paul Keating

What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists.

— Paul Keating

Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars,

— Pat Barker

The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second…

— Paul Keating

School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in…

— Antony Beevor

“The Seven Years War of 1756–63 has often been considered the first ‘world war’. It certainly shares its European origins with the First and…

— Jeremy Paxman