War Quote by J.G. Farrell

The history of the outbreak of war 100 years ago and of the collapse of the fragile balance of power in Europe in the…

— Frank-Walter Steinmeier

In the closed circle of the war cabinet, pounded by terrible report after terrible report, there had been uncertainty about whether he could fend…

— Jon Meacham

“In every country, those who were against war had been overruled. The Austrians had attacked Serbia when they might have held back; the Russians…

— Ken Follett

“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

World War I, that tiresome European engagement that threatened to close down French couture.

— Caroline Seebohm

“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

“it was the horror of the two world wars—Verdun, the Somme, Hiroshima—that led to our own era’s questioning of the tragic view of war.…

— Victor Davis Hanson

“To those who fought World War II, it was plain enough that Allied bombs were killing huge numbers of German civilians, that Churchill was…

— Adam Kirsch

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe.…

— Gene Tierney

“In other words, it was unavoidable, and probably inevitable, so we might as well close our minds and accept that 16.5 million people had…

— Paul Ham

“Commentary would come to life in 1945 amid widespread predictions that mass unemployment would resume as soon as war production ebbed. But it wouldn’t…

— Benjamin Balint

“If we were all blinded to the larger implications of the events that were sweeping upon us it was not entirely due to the…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor