“World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.”
Stephen Ambrose“War creates many strange juxtapositions, perhaps none stranger than this: men who are doing their utmost to kill other men can transform in a split second into lifesavers. Soldiers who encounter a wounded man (often an enemy) become tender, caring angels of mercy. The urge to kill and the urge to save sometimes run together simultaneously.”
Stephen Ambrose