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We make war that we may live in peace.
We make war that we may live in peace.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as read more
All quiet along the Potomac they say
Except now and then a stray picket
Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro,
By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
War is the science of destruction.
War is the science of destruction.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers read more
The history of those who shed those other tears, the history of those anonymous millions, is what Terkel wants readers and listeners to come away with. What's it like to be that goofy little soldier, scared stiff, with his bayonet aimed at Christ? What's it like to have been a woman in a defense-plant job during World War II? What's it like to be a kid at the front lines? It's all funny and tragic at the same time.
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.
