“World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.”

“It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.”

“World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.”

“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.”