“It was as if the young man and the old resided within one body; the old had seen far too much in a short, young life” WarTraumaHardship Book:A Dangerous Place Source: A Dangerous Place
“A loud, relentless mechanical moaning filled the air, as if a giant hound constructed by the gods of iron and steel were baying at the moon. The air raid warning started, and then other sounds came - the whine of aircraft engines followed by the crump, crump, crump of bombs falling.” WarAirplaneSpanish Civil WarAir Raid Book:A Dangerous Place Source: A Dangerous Place
“I see how the gaping abyss between those who have much and those who have nothing can cause dangerous fractures in society. I see how power corrupts, how the people are manipulated and kept in their place. I see all of that, Professor Vallejo. But I am always left wondering if the fighting is worth so many dead. This country has been torn apart by authority-hungry men in all realms - in business, politics and religion. It is the ordinary people who are crushed like ants underfoot. That is what happens. That is the only comment I have.” WarDeathLossCivil WarSpanish Civil War Book:A Dangerous Place Source: A Dangerous Place
“in this great war [WWI] ... they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. The freedom to think hopefully of the future.” ThinkingWarHopeLostSidesHopefullyGreat WarWwi Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“I often think it would be really interesting to take all of those who would wage war to the battlefield cemeteries, and say, explain yourself to the dead. Explain yourself to the dead!” ThinkingWarWould BeInterestingBattlefieldsReally InterestingCemeteryExplain Yourself Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“It was Harry Patch, who was the last living World War I veteran; and by veteran I mean someone who actually fought in the war, he didn't just happen to be in the army at that time, in the Great War. And when the Iraq War started, he was interviewed, and they said, well what do you think of this? And he said, in a very sad voice, "Well, that's why my mates died. We thought we were going to end all that sort of thing."” ThinkingWorldWellsMeanSaidWarEndsHappensLastsVoiceArmyDiedIraqWar Of The WorldsMatesWorld War IThey SaidVeteranPatchesIraq WarGreat WarVery Sad Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“I think that one of the things that we all ask ourselves, whoever we are, is: who stands to make a lot of money out of this [wars]? And, certainly, it comes back to people like armaments makers, and so on and so forth.” PeopleThinkingWarAsksMakersLots Of MoneyArmament Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“If you look at the First World War, the Kaiser was actually, actively buying a lot of the armaments from Britain! in the years, in the run-up to the First World War. And I mean, there was a connection there. He was, indeed, Queen Victoria's grandson. You know, they were all related, all these royal families.” IfsKnowsWorldYearsFirstsLooksMeanWarRunningConnectionsQueensWar Of The WorldsRelatedBritainBuyingRoyalVictoriaRoyal FamilyArmamentFirst World WarGrandson Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“What does anyone really know about the impetus to go to war? And so much is uncovered in hindsight. And there are aspects of even past wars that are only coming out now. Historians discover letters here, notes there, and look very carefully at different aspects of not only any conflict but any great historical event.” KnowsLooksDoeDifferentWarPastEventsConflictAspectLettersHistoricalNotesHistorianComing OutHindsightImpetusHistorical EventsGreat Historical Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“As Churchill said about the Great War, and he said this in about 1924, that it was the first war in which man realized that he could obliterate himself completely. If you consider the way the whole world was impacted, 18 million people worldwide died, and that is taking into account military and civilian deaths: 18 million people. And it was the whole world, if you will. You know, many of those trenches were dug by Chinese. There are photographs of Chinese looking like they just came from China, with their hats and so on, digging the trenches, right from the beginning.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWorldWayFirstsSaidWarWholeMillionsMilitaryAccountsDiedPhotographChinaWhole WorldChineseHatsCiviliansDiggingGreat WarTrenchesCivilian Deaths Author:Jacqueline Winspear
“But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.” MenWarDreamCommonMen And WomenCommon Good Author:Jacqueline Winspear
