Balkans Quote by Gertrude Stein

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

The First World War began because one man was shot. The Second World War began because of a mad German dictator. Who knows how…

— Ronald Lauder

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

The First World War created the Second World War because that was a war between three grandsons of Queen Victoria: The King of England,…

— Tony Benn

World War II is the war that made our world. There's no question about that. The history of all the years in which I…

— Mark Helprin

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

— Daniel Fried

World War Two was a world war in space. It spread from Europe to Japan, to the Soviet Union, etc. World War Two was…

— Paul Virilio

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

— Pat Barker

France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we…

— Paul Virilio

Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.

— Pat Buchanan

The Second World War is the largest single event in human history, fought across six of the world's seven continents and all it oceans.…

— John Keegan

The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous.

— Antony Beevor