How do we prevent Iran developing an atomic bomb, when, on the American side, dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not recognised as a war crime? Gunter Grass americanatomicbomb Change image and share on social
Global war is a clash of systems, not just battalions biffing one another in some godforsaken forest. Rick Atkinson battalionbiffclash Change image and share on social
We all want a world without war, without conflict, without human suffering. Jeremy Gilley conflicthumansuffer Change image and share on social
Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. Peter Arnett argumentbackcasualty share on social
The idea that information can be stored in a changing world without an overwhelming depreciation of its value is false. It is scarcely less false than the more plausible claim that after a war we may take our existing weapons, fill their barrels with information. Norbert Wiener barrelchangeclaim share on social
What makes me unusually intense is that I personalize the pain of war, the pain of children being killed, the pain of a 16-year-old who has been permanently cheated by his school and cannot read. Newt Gingrich cheatchildintense Change image and share on social
An army marches on its stomach. Napoleon Bonaparte armymarchestomach Change image and share on social
I was researching a different World War II story when I came across an article in the 'Chicago Tribune' from June 1945 that knocked me for a loop. The article explained that a military plane had crashed in an impossibly remote valley of New Guinea that had been nicknamed Shangri-La. Mitchell Zuckoff articlechicagocrash share on social
Everything connected with war and warlike exploits is interesting to a boy. James Nasmyth boyconnectexploit Change image and share on social
Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road to social development more than the financial burden of war. War is the arch enemy of national progress and the modern scourge of civilized men. Hussein of Jordan archblockburden share on social