First world war Quote by Margaret MacMillan

There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense…

— Ernst Haeckel

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

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“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

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

— Pat Barker

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

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

— Daniel Fried

“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

One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.

— Tariq Ali

Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different.

— Antony Beevor

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

— Paul Wolfowitz

Europe cannot survive another world war.

— Christian Lous Lange