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What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a wa

What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in principle from what happened in America in the 1770s and 1780s. – L. Neil Smith

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The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because its a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled, life-or-death situation and their fundamental behaviours are exposed, the scrim is taken away and the motivations behind each personality come out to play. – Sloane Crosley

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I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. – Thomas Carlyle

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War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. – Martin Luther King, Jr.

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