By 1865, all Southern women - the happily and regrettably single, the perpetually engaged, the wives and widows - had tired of the war. The Confederacy was shrinking, and the morale of its remaining men shrinking with it. Karen Abbott confederacyengagehappily share on social
Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated from a classroom or a boardroom or even the war room. On the contrary, doodling should be leveraged in precisely those situations where information density is very high and the need for processing that information is very high. Sunni Brown boardroomcircumstanceclassroom share on social
The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks. Hideki Tojo admiralamericanbreak share on social
Iraq and Afghanistan will, over time, become stable. But the War on Terror will continue long after Iraq and Afghanistan have had success in standing up their own governments. Peter Pace afghanistancontinuegovernment Change image and share on social
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. John Bolton fightgeneralpolitician Change image and share on social
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. Charles Caleb Colton badcrushdeplore Change image and share on social
Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent. Ralph Peters antilonglose Change image and share on social
With soldiers, their wives are so fundamental in their relationships, and yet there's this kind of other war happening back in the States, where wives of soldiers don't quite understand what their husbands have been through, because their husbands won't really talk about it, and that's really the hidden war. Tim Hetherington backfundamentalhappen share on social
In March 1915, at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the British fired more shells in a single 35-minute bombardment than they had during the whole Boer War. Saul David battleboerbombardment Change image and share on social
Useful as a war against France, undertaken by the Government against the will of the people would be for our revolutionary development, just so dangerous must be the effect upon our democratic development of a war supported by blind popular enthusiasm. Ferdinand Lassalle blinddangerousdemocratic share on social