Different Quote by Nicholson Baker

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

— Antony Beevor

I suppose that I just grew up knowing, in a very vivid way, that if it hadn't been for the men who fought in…

— David Jason

No matter what era you're looking at - war affects things in so many different ways.

— Gary Cole

In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near, to what…

— Carl von Clausewitz

With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have…

— Ken Follett

In war, more than anywhere else in the world, things happen differently from what we had expected, and look differently when near from what…

— Carl von Clausewitz

I can feel that the world this day is different than all the days of our lives before.

— David O. Selznick

It's true, we tend to write about the same thing over and over again because this is our trauma. If I had been in…

— Anne Roiphe

World War II vets in general didn't talk about their experiences. They believed there was something better and that they were going to prove…

— Michele Norris

I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very…

— Friedrich St. Florian

I realized how for all of us who came of age in the late sixties and early seventies the war was a defining experience.…

— Linda Grant

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

— Paul Wolfowitz