War Perspective Quotes

I wish we could see understanding the First World War as a European issue, or even a global one, and not a nationalistic one.

In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are.

Women are so much a part of war, even if they tend to see another side of it. To say they don't understand war is ridiculous.

In my grandfather's day, there was a different perspective on war and men that went into war; it was such a patriotic act to fight for your country in the Forties.

I think that we see war as a virtual thing and we even get to believe that bombs fall on top of cardboard cutouts and stuff like that. They don't. They kill real people, real children, real mothers and millions of innocent people.

I tried to render the Afghan war as much as I could fro the perspective of the Afghans. I have served as an advisor to Afghan troops, and much of my war experience was seen through the lens of fighting that war alongside Afghan soldiers.

When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame.

I wanted to write a song about war and that classic 'We want you' recruitment style from the point of view of the recruiter.

When I read the script of 'The Wall,' I saw how much different the war looks from the point of view of a soldier fighting it.

I know that nobody who hasn't been in battle or under attack can know what war is. But even in terms of being safe at home, it's also true that many Americans who think they know what being at war is, don't. Including, of course, George W. Bush and his people. They don't have a clue.

In 'The Birth of a Nation,' Griffith made audiences see the Civil War through his eyes - the eyes of the son of a colonel in the Army of the Confederacy.

The U.S. victory in Gulf War was a stirring victory for the forces of aggression.

Shakespeare set a lot of his dramas in a historical perspective or war perspective, or he would study what was going on at that time.

The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.

I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.

War films usually so dark or dirty or intense, and sometimes they guide you to feeling a certain way against war, in general. But, to have a film that just speaks honestly to the soldier's experience and isn't jaded and is just authentic and easygoing in its message, I think is really nice to see.

This isn't a war," said the artilleryman. "It never was a war, any more than there's war between man and ants.

Wars are Spinach. Life in general is the tough part. In war all you have to do is not worry and know how to read a map and co-ordinates.

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and saw the Germans, and I changed my mind. I decided we were right going into World War II.

The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.

I would like my book to give people insight to the war before and after, but I don't think anyone could read my book and suddenly make up her mind about the war. I want to write for everybody.

I cannot see the war as historians see it. Those clever fellows study all the facts and they see the war as a large thing, one of the biggest events in the legend of the man, something general, involving multitudes.