Better Quote by Saul David

“That we have ignored the lessons of modern war poetry speaks volumes to the lack of concern for that which we do not endure.”

— David McDonald

The poets think about war more than the social scientists.

— George Friedman

Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but…

— Bernard Cornwell

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

“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

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have…

— Adam Hochschild

It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present the universal…

— Herbert Read

It is notorious that no war between countries elicits as much hate and cruelty as civil war, in which there is no lack of…

— Erich Fromm

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer

A world without war is not in the cards.

— Martin Van Creveld

In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the war through…

— David Olusoga