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Famous Paul Fussell Quotes
Source: The Great War and Modern Memory
“If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.”
Source: The Great War and Modern Memory
“Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.”
“Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war.”
Source: Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War
Source: Thank God for the Atom Bomb, and Other Essays
“The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.”
“To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.”
Source: Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War