Back Quote by Ken Follett

I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any subject -…

— Nicholson Baker

I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

— Paul Wolfowitz

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

World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine…

— Ken Follett

For the average person, all problems date to World War II; for the more informed, to World War I; for the genuine historian, to…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

It's important to remember that World War II was experienced very much as a continuity in that sense. Most of World War II in…

— Tony Judt

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

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

— Anonymous

I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop or look…

— Doris Lessing

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

— Julian Fellowes

Just as the people who lived through the Second World War thought different things on different days, I think everybody who goes through that…

— Nicholson Baker