Death created the modern American union, not just by ensuring national survival, but by shaping enduring national structures and commitments. The work of death was Civil War America's most fundamental and most demanding undertaking. Drew Gilpin Faust americaamericancivil share on social
I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz. Harold Pinter adolescentblitzbring Change image and share on social
It's odd being an American now. Most of us are peaceful, but here we are again, in our fifth major war of this century. Pete Hamill americancenturymajor Change image and share on social
When I was still in my psychiatric residency training in New York City, I was subjected to the doctor draft of that time, during the early fifties, at the time of the Korean War. Robert Jay Lifton citydoctordraft Change image and share on social
America won the Cold War by protecting our strategic resources from the threat of foreign control. We must bring the same attitude to our trade relationship with China. Jo Ann Emerson americaattitudebring Change image and share on social
Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war. Philip Roth fondinordinatelysubordination Change image and share on social
For fifty years, debates about French anti-Semitism mainly revolved around France's record during the Second World War, when the Vichy government collaborated with the Germans. Tom Reiss anticollaboratedebate Change image and share on social
'The War in the Air' describes the destruction of Manhattan by air attack. Tom Reiss airattackdescribe Change image and share on social
War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade. Percy Bysshe Shelley assassindelightgame Change image and share on social
