I think it's a lot easier to tell a war story about two sides of a conflict with one another as opposed to one side in conflict with itself.
Christopher McQuarrie
You've gotta understand: in July of '44, the Allies were still contained on the peninsula in western France and the destruction of Europe had... →
You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war.... →
Ian Mckellen
The fact is that America has been at her most prosperous when government and the private sector have been not at war, but in a wary, if often... →
Jon Meacham
World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man.
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military... →
Here is a pretty good rule of thumb for Democratic Presidents: if it didn't work for Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won four terms and a World War... →
Carter's hopes died when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and he ended up having to reverse policy and launch the military buildup that... →
Walter Russell Mead
It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people... →
After the outbreak of war, in April 1940, we left Geneva with our three children aged 4 years, 2 years and 2 weeks only to become part of the... →
James Meade