Quote by John Brockman

“In fact, the Japanese defending the island had no illusions about victory and did not even consider it a realistic option. They merely hoped…

— Charles River Editors

“Killing Japanese didn’t bother me at that time. It was getting the war over with that bothered me. So I wasn’t worried particularly about…

— Ronald Schaffer

“Find the crime, Arkady thought: trying to kill Stalin or missing him.”

— Martin Cruz Smith

“As much as I'd wanted to stay in Japan to be with him, the real reason was that I wanted control of my life.…

— Amanda Sun

“Kazuko was worried about him, calling him a hikikomori, a self-imposed shut-in.”

— Shuichi Yoshida

“I came to see soldiers as men willing to lay down their lives for the sake of others. They fight for themselves and the…

— Marcus Brotherton

I have in mind repeated statements by Japanese military men containing threats against other states.

— Joseph Stalin

“Ki-saburo, although he was a mere outlaw, having his left arm half cut at the elbow in a quarrel, ordered his servant to cut…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“in 1954 it looked as if a deep schism had been driven down the middle of our community, pitting Japanese against haole, but the…

— James A. Michener

“To the anonymous reviewer of George F. Kennan's book, Russia Leaves the War, who wrote in the Times Literary Supplement (London), January 4, 1957,…

— Barbara Tuchman

When asked by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe in mid-1941 concerning the outcome of a possible war with the United States, Yamamoto made a well-known…

— Adm Yamamoto

“To work, Sissy. To. Work. Not to start shit. Not to race. Not to gamble. And definitely not to get arrested or turn all…

— Shelly Laurenston