First world war Quote by Zbigniew Brzezinski

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

“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

The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second…

— Paul Keating

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

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

— Margaret MacMillan

What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists.

— 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

“The Seven Years War of 1756–63 has often been considered the first ‘world war’. It certainly shares its European origins with the First and…

— Jeremy Paxman

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially…

— Emily Greene Balch

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

In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined…

— Jean-Claude Juncker