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“Most people don't learn because they'd rather die than learn the horrible truths that determine their fate.”

Fate Ignorance Blind Spots Contradictions

Book:They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War

Source: They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War

“I love that name. A country named Chad. Sounds like somebody who lived next door to the Brady Bunch. But if Chad actually lived next door to the Bradys, Greg would be roasting over a slow fire and Marcia would be standing naked on an auction block, because Chad is one of the hungriest, craziest, most desperate places on the planet.”

Book:War Nerd

Source: War Nerd

“War is just demographics in a hurry.”

War Demographics

Book:War Nerd

Source: War Nerd

“The anonymous arsonists of Macon, GA, during the war years managed, at least, to burn down some of their oppressors' buildings. And this sort of action, a kind of attrition of the will to fight, is one of the guerillas' first tasks.”

Slavery Insurgency Us Civil War Guerrilla Warfare Guerrilla

Author:Gary Brecher

“Great generals generate legions of naïve fans.”

Fans Naivete Fandom Generals Ulysses S Grant

Book:They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War

Source: They Should Have Been Hanged: War Nerd Essays on the U.S. Civil War