"World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism." ― Stephen Ambrose Topic(s): War More From Stephen Ambrose "Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life." "The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake." "Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail?" More In War "I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim."― Dave Pelzer "I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States’ apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war."― George Galloway "There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction."― George Orwell