Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. Otto von Bismarck declarationdiplomaticallyobserve Change image and share on social
Really important books to me are the classics. I try very hard to read them well - you know, especially once I got serious about writing. So, reading Tolstoy several times - 'War and Peace,' 'The Kreutzer Sonata' - all those were really important to me. Karl Marlantes bookclassichard share on social
War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin deadendreturn Change image and share on social
We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars. Anatole Broyard historyironytourist Change image and share on social
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won. Arthur Wellesley battlelosesad Change image and share on social
The Boxer Rebellion is a war that was fought on Chinese soil in the year 1900. The Europeans, the Japanese and their Chinese Christian allies were on one side. On the other were poor, starving, illiterate Chinese teenagers whom the Europeans referred to as the Boxers. Gene Luen Yang allyboxerchinese share on social
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. Ulysses S. Grant advocatefeltfondness Change image and share on social
Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam. Marshall McLuhan americabattlefieldbring Change image and share on social
War makes thieves and peace hangs them. George Herbert hangmakepeace Change image and share on social
I'm of Russian-Jewish background. Like many Soviet Jews, my parents were engineers. My family migrated from Ukraine to Israel when I was six. They arrived in Israel with very little... Within a year of arriving in Israel, the Yom Kippur War happened. Sasha Roiz arrivebackgroundengineer share on social
