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Quote by Barbara Tuchman
War is the unfolding of miscalculations. - Barbara Tuchman

War is the unfolding of miscalculations. – Barbara Tuchman

Other quotes by Barbara Tuchman

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Barbara Tuchman
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman

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History
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Barbara Tuchman
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Other Quotes from
War
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In most communities it is illegal to cry fire in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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War

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. – Winston Churchill

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War

And if there was one title that could be applied to all my films, it would be Civil War – not civil war in the way we know it, but the daily war that goes on between us all. – Michael Haneke

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War

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain. – Thomas Friedman

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War

Random Quotes

I have never been hurt by what I have not said. – Calvin Coolidge

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funny

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. – Jennifer M. Granholm

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thanksgiving

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music – participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing. – Will Oldham

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Religion

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation. – Sara Teasdale

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Wisdom