Antagonists Quote by Paul Keating

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

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

— Pat Barker

“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 in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in…

— Antony Beevor

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 chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power.

— Whittaker Chambers

The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all…

— Winston Churchill

The First World War began because one man was shot. The Second World War began because of a mad German dictator. Who knows how…

— Ronald Lauder

The First World War created the Second World War because that was a war between three grandsons of Queen Victoria: The King of England,…

— Tony Benn

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.

— Ian Bremmer

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.

— Michael Mandelbaum