America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios. Herbert Hoover factory war power share on social
My aim was to safeguard justice, without doing harm to our war effort. Hans Frank aim harm justice Change image and share on social
Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars. George Mikes war short long Change image and share on social
War is a fundamental aspect of human existence. It's good to know what war entails and what the human sacrifice is. Tim O'Brien war sacrifice existence Change image and share on social
There's something about being amid the chaos and the horror of a war that makes you appreciate all you don't have - and all you may lose forever. Tim O'Brien chaos amid forever Change image and share on social
I don't think I'd call myself a war writer, but I would probably say I'm a writer who has written about war. Tim O'Brien call writer war Change image and share on social
From the year of his birth in 1914 until the outbreak of war in 1941, my father lived in a mostly white, mostly working-class, mostly Irish Catholic neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Tim O'Brien father neighborhood class Change image and share on social
Who do you call a civilian in a guerilla war? I mean, it might be a farmer by day or a merchant, a housewife, and by night the housewife may be helping to make landmines and booby traps and who knows. Tim O'Brien war make civilian Change image and share on social
'Shortly Thereafter' chronicles all the aspects of an Afghanistan deployment, from the terrors of the unknown that await before leaving, to the perverse thrills and adrenaline rushes found in combat, to the return home to a land and a people now more foreign than the war itself was. Matt Gallagher unknown combat terror share on social
