The people who know war, those who have experienced it ... I believe are the most earnest advocates of peace in the world.
There will be no veterans of World War III.
War in Africa is hardly a new phenomenon, nor are voices telling its stories of terror and triumph. Yet some of the continent's most devastating conflicts - and the literature born from the experiences of their survivors - have often gone unnoticed in the West.
If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.
When the Second World War started, I was only five but I still remember... Being a witness... I wanted people to remember what happened in our country and elsewhere.
I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.
When I was growing up, everybody in charge, my parents and teachers, had all survived the war, and they talked about the war like it was the Kraken - you know, this huge beast that roamed the earth during their formative years.
Grozny's been largely rebuilt. But at the same time, I think the war is very much being waged inside its survivors.
I've remained in touch with more than a dozen descendants of Gremlin Special survivors, victims, and rescuers. I treasured my friendship with Earl Walter Jr., the lead paratrooper who jumped into the valley to protect the survivors.
All the survivors of the war had reached their homes and so put the perils of battle and the sea behind them.
Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how to effectively rebuild a country, a community and a family.
Marines dying or being seriously wounded is commonplace in combat.
I think there's a tremendous split between people who've been through a war and people who haven't.
My grandparents were deeply affected by war, and it was obvious that the men who fought were horribly affected, as were the women who remained at home.
We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.
Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.
