The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)

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Winston Churchill was not only a statesman and leader of historic proportions, he also possessed substantial literary talents. These two factors combine to make The Gathering Storm a unique work. The first volume of Churchill's memoirs, this selection is broken into two parts. The first, "From War to War," consists of Churchill's critical observations on the settlement of...more

Published December 1st 2005 (first published 1948)

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Jun 11, 2012 Mark Freckleton rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had always read that Winston Churchill was an excellent writer. I also knew that he was right in the thick of things in the history-making events for the first half of the 20th century. In fact, I had owned his set of histories for a number of years - courtesy of the Book of the Month Club. Finally I got down to reading. This is an amazingly clear and lucid account of what led to the Second World War written by someone never further from the action than a front-row seat and often in the midst...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Richard rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've had the goal of reading Winton Churchill's six-volume "History of World War II" for some time. I read and thoroughly enjoyed this first volume, from Mariner Books. These are among the least expensive editions. It shows in places. The typeset looks as if it has been recycled for a long time. Therefore, you read one page printed in solid, dark type and the next page looks faded. Some letters are almost completely washed out on some words, though this is very sporadic. It's easy, though, to ge...more

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Jun 20, 2008 Tim rated it 4 of 5 stars

First, some background: I found this entire series at a garage sale in the original hardcover book-of-the-month club format for $1.00 each, and decided to give them a try. Both of the World Wars have always held a philosophical interest for me, but at the same time, I had little interest in the actual course and strategies of particular battles or in the nature of equipment and machinery used. Since these seemed to be the primary subject matter of most books about either of the wars, I have alwa...more

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Aug 14, 2008 Rae rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: history-ww2

Book One of Winston's Second World War series that I am slowly (oh, so slowly) working my way through. In this volume, Churchill talks about the terms that ended World War One and how those actually helped to cause World War Two. The book also contains letters and memos from the British government prior to its plunging into war...for the most part unprepared. I was struck by the similarities to today and how America entered Iraq...so many countries wanting to continue to negotiate with Hussein....more

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Mar 31, 2013 Scott rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book is masterfully written in documenting the long march to war. Churchill is quick to outline his position regarding Germany and modernization of the military. Unfortunately, he was against a strong pacifist current. As Britain slowly lost its edge, it was justified through rationalizing that Britain and other allies together were stronger. Churchill documents through speeches, personal letters, as well as debates with his opponents, the unfortunate mindset that held sway and which hurt t...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Jonathan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Winston Churchill lost the election in the United Kingdom after the war. In retrospect, maybe that was a good thing, as he had more time to write his six volume history of WWII.

This is the first volume in which he relates how he tried to warn the world of German rearmament and spoke against the appeasement policy of the western powers. Churchill was a minor politician at that time, after his dismal record during the Great War. He was an eloquent speaker and popular author. However, his political...more

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Aug 13, 2012 Andrew rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In high school history class I learned that the best way to learn history was by looking at primary sources to understand how the contemporaries viewed the events happening at the time. I kept that in mind when I wanted to understand World War II better and, based on some recommendations, picked up Winston Churchill. And I'm thankful I did. This book is full of insights and analysis that I never learned about in class or on the history channel. Churchill draws from his meticulous notes and speec...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Owen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ww2, non-fiction, military-history

Winston Churchill may slowly be being forgotten as one of the twentieth century's most prolific writers. Those who learn about him today, if they hear his name at all, usually discover that he was a British Prime Minister, and little more. Even the fact that it was he who put the War Cabinet together in 1940, which managed to hold out both strategically and psychologically against Hitler, is slowly fading. "We will fight them on the beaches..." is slowly becoming merged with the sounds of popula...more Winston Churchill may slowly be being forgotten as one of the twentieth century's most prolific writers. Those who learn about him today, if they hear his name at all, usually discover that he was a British Prime Minister, and little more. Even the fact that it was he who put the War Cabinet together in 1940, which managed to hold out both strategically and psychologically against Hitler, is slowly fading. "We will fight them on the beaches..." is slowly becoming merged with the sounds of popular music, and the original sense being lost. Whether that is a good thing or not, I hardly know. Yet there was so much more to this long-lived British soldier, journalist, novelist, parliamentarian, artist, statesman and historian, than mere good generalship.

In "The Gathering Storm," we are evidently preparing for the disaster of 1939. Churchill was not in office during those years, and indeed, although it is probably becoming a more obscure fact than ever as time goes on, he was something of a political pariah. The trend of British politics in the thirties, and to some extent within the influential part of British society, was toward pacifism and a consequent reduction in armaments and defence expenditure. Churchill was on the outside, voicing his concern from time to time as a private Member of Parliament, but unable to make himself heard. So this is the background to the book, a time of political intrigue at the international level, and of unwillingness to face up to the facts of the rise of fascism, in Britain. Perhaps it may be said, in fairness, that until Czechoslovakia turned ugly, war with Germany was not to be thought of, for all sorts of reasons. The decisions that were perhaps ill made in those dying days at the end of the 30s, were nevertheless of the tallest order.

It is perhaps true that Churchill is unable to give us a completely unbiased version of events. However, in the main he sticks to history and what is coloured in the text is probably what is left out rather than anything reported as fact. One of the interesting snippets in the book (and of course, there are many), is the fact that Churchill, while still out of office, was invited to meet Hitler in the Rhineland in 1937, declined to do so, and subsequently never met him at all. His son Randolph, on the other hand, did meet him in Berlin in the 30s.

This is history, first and foremost, and as it intends to cover the war and not just Churchill's part in it, it strays into all sorts of odd corners of international foreign policy. Yet none of it is tedious in the hands of such a gifted writer, and when it becomes a question of the central facts touching upon the lives of so many millions, this point of view is a critical one indeed. (less)

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Oct 06, 2012 Cathi Davis rated it 4 of 5 stars

The Gathering Storm is the first book of a six book series written by Churchill about World War II. It is unique because the other major players--Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini....did not write about it. At publication is was taken as a historical work, but today it should probably be read more as a memoir.

I am on a WWII reading jag right now. This is one of the classics of the genre...the other one, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is sitting on my bookshelf, next! I also admit to being a hu...more The Gathering Storm is the first book of a six book series written by Churchill about World War II. It is unique because the other major players--Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini....did not write about it. At publication is was taken as a historical work, but today it should probably be read more as a memoir.

I am on a WWII reading jag right now. This is one of the classics of the genre...the other one, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is sitting on my bookshelf, next! I also admit to being a huge Downton Abbey fan..engrossed in the third season--the period after WWI leading up to WWI--which Churchill called in his book, "that period of exhaustion which has been described as Peace." The Gathering Storm covers the period after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (which ended WWI) and the beginning of WW II (1940) when Churchill was elected PM after the resignation of Chamberlain. It is a very personal book, really told from a single perspective, but what a perspective it is...a man who shaped the destiny of the western world, who fought in WW I, decried the unopposed rearming of Germany, and sought to force the Allies into confronting Germany before she was too strong to stop. (He failed on that front, though one could argue that Germany perhaps would have prevailed if confronted and then Britain would have been completely unprepared for war.)

I learned an incredible amount about the forces that were active in the 1930s that I truly didn't appreciate before reading this book. There are some (for me) stereotypes about this period that while perhaps grounded in truth, are really more nuanced than I had realized. For example, the desire for peace and avoidance of war that kept the US out of the war and the allies from confronting Germany could be argued was not a sign of weakness but a true horror of the carnage that ensues when countries cannot work out their differences. And, though Churchill argues that the years that preceded the outbreak of war allowed Germany to become strong, he appears to have underestimated the strength of the German army and the unquenchable thirst for power of her leader. The intervening years did allow Britain to begin to assemble a defense and an air force, which were nearly nonexistent in the early 30s. He also gives great weight to the French army, and the impact it would have had if pulled into a conflict earlier. He actually blames the ineffectiveness of the French army on the winter of inaction in the Twilight War which was the period from the declaration of war by Britain on Sept. 3, 1939 to May 10, 1940 when Churchill assumed leadership of the Government and Germany began the invasion of France.

A quote from the first chapter nicely summarizes the hammer with which Churchill pounds his poor reader:

"It is my purpose , as one who lived and acted in these days, first to show how easily the tragedy of the Second World War could have been prevented; how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous; how the structure and habits of democratic states, unless they are welded into larger organisms, lack those elements of persistence and conviction which can alone give security to humble masses; how, even in matters of self-preservation, no policy is pursued for even ten or fifteen years at a time. We shall see how the counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger; how the middle course adopted from desires for safety and a quiet life may be found to lead direct to the bull's-eye of disaster. We shall see how absolute is the need of a broad path of international action pursued by many states in common across the years, irrespective of the ebb and flow of national politics."

At the end, after turning page 763, I can summarize this as Churchill saying " I was right, and they were wrong." He does acknowledge the terrific disadvantages faced by democratically elected governments when facing a tyrant.

"The advantage which a Government bound by no law or treaty has over countries which derive their war impulse only after the criminal has struck, and have to plan accordingly cannot be measured. It is enormous....Hilter, unhampered by any restraint except that of superior force, could strike when and where he chose; but the two Western Democracies could not violate Belgium's neutrality."

He makes the obvious point, but one still relevant today, that dictators and tyrants are not bound by the conventions of law, and are driven primarily by the desire to seize and retain power. (in my mind I think about our ongoing "discussions" with Assad in Syria while he continues to obliterate his countries people and heritage.) People like this will use our adherence to law and civilization to mask their true nature and conceal their continued aggression.

The book ends before the assault on France, the bombing of London, and the entrance of the US into the war. I am glad I read this book as it has given me a new appreciation for the impact on the events of WW II of the emotions of that generation. My perceptions are colored by the history taught in school, and portrayed in the media of films and television. Will I read Volume 2--Our Finest Hour? Maybe, but first Rise and Fall.

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May 21, 2009 Mike rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book covers the period from 1929 to 1939 before the start of WWII. It covers volumes 1 of the 6 set series. This book offered a great perspective of the war and how it could have been averted after WWI. It was interesting to read how many opportunities there were to block of the rise of the third Reich before the development of the war and the German war machine. Whether it was blocking Mussolini with his interests in Abyssinia, or the stopping of German conscription, or the retaking of the...more

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Jul 01, 2012 Peter Thorn rated it 4 of 5 stars

To make a trite football analogy, this is a book of two halves, in both a literal and a figurative sense. The first book, From War to War, is an account of the aftermath of the First World War, the follies of the Treaty of Versailles, and the rise of Hitler in the 1930. The second book cover September 1939 to May 1940, though doesn't really focus on the invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and France, but on the war at sea (as Churchill was assigned to the Admiralty) and the German invasion and...more

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Nov 15, 2012 Matt Brown rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Surprisingly enjoyable given the depth of detail and dryness of some of the subject matter. The book is part historical reference, part memoir, which I think is what rescues it, as the personal anecdotes and recollections help to lighten and give a personal aspect to what would otherwise be a relentless onslaught of facts and events.

Total reading time was 13 hours, 13 mins, spread across three weeks. I found myself skipping reading during my commutes several times because I was too tired to feel...more

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Oct 13, 2011 GoldGato rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: winter, war, history

Churchill is a magnificent and very detailed writer, and obviously his life's work came to a peak with WWII. He lays out the complete why-behind-the-why as to the beginning of the war, so it does require some focus from the reader. He relies not only on historical fact but also on his diaries, so this is the best book I've read for learning why the war came about.

The only reason I don't give it a solid 5 stars is because, like most first volumes in a series, it has to spend a lot of time explain...more

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Jan 04, 2009 Vchaplin rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read a 1949 edition that I inherited from my father, complete with his notes in the margins. This is the 1st book of a 6 book series in the first person. It covers the 10 years form 1929 through 1939. It was fascinating to see the events leading up to WWII. My impressions of the war have been formed almost entirely by the movies of the late 1940s and 1950s and a few books like "In Harm's Way". Seeing the war from the British view is pretty different, no Hollywood involved. The parallels betwee...more

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May 07, 2013 Lisa Houlihan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: hist-soci-cultstud, nf, male

This series comprises my grandfather's favorite books. Clearly I remember them on their shelf to the left of the fireplace, their paper jackets torn with fond use. After studying WW2 in 10th grade, I tried to read this first one, but I found it dry and tedious. My reading has matured somewhat in the intervening years and I relish Churchill's straightforward tone and concise prose.

I read this now because I found, among my sister's papers, a thank you note Grampy had written her after she, unfail...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Nathan rated it 4 of 5 stars

The first volume of Churchill's semi-official history of World War 2, which covers the period from 1918 to the attack on France in 1940. A surprisingly easy read, though punctuated by numerous telegrams and official letters from admirals to ministers and descriptions on just how to beat the magnetic mine menace. I'd heard that Churchill used these volumes to justify his own actions and cover himself in more glory than he deserved, but he is surprisingly forward in admitting errors or blame. But...more

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Feb 02, 2009 Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was an incredible book. It is the beginning of a six volume work on the Second World War. It was written by Winston Churchill from his own papers and experience. I don't think you often get that type of perspective from history. Especially on WWII, since Roosevelt died suddenly and Stalin wasn't about to write something as open as this book is.

This first volume summarizes the time between the wars, with an emphasis on the few years right before war broke out. The Moral and Theme of the work...more

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Sep 22, 2010 Kim rated it 4 of 5 stars

What I actually read was 'Milestones to Disaster' but I think this is another rendition of the same. I really like Churchill's literary style and it is interesting to hear the tale from someone who lived through and was so intimitaly involved in the war. Sometimes hindsight is helpful but at other times it makes understanding certain decisions less apparent when the outcome is known. Churchill does a good job of presenting the facts as 'then known' and also updating the reader on facts that beca...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Doug Dams rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the first volume of Winston Churchill's six volume WWII memoirs. Churchill has a talent for writing about history. In this book he tries to explain the period between the first and second world wars, and how the second world war was started. I found this book to be the hardest to read of the six volumes. He tries to explain the politics in England and the actions of Chamberlain, plus the reluctance of the people in Europe to get involved in another war. It's difficult to read but it does...more

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Apr 09, 2013 Julie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Alright, so this took me 3 months to read! It was good but very text booky so I would read a couple chapters and then move on to something else and repeat. I have read a lot of WWII stories (haven't we all?) but I am usually more interested in the human side of the story so I thought it would be good to study the politics that led to war in more depth. Sometimes there was more detail on armaments than I needed. It would suffice to say that Germany was arming for war while everyone else failed to...more

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Apr 19, 2013 David Webb rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: re-reading, ebook

One of the things I'm struck by in the first chapter is the similarity between the economic situation that prevailed in 1929 and today. Excessive debt and borrowing, dealing with the financial burden from fighting the 1st world war, the conflicts between rival political parties all remind me of the current world situation.

I was also particularly struck by Churchill's comments on the futility of trying to assess reparations from the defeated powers. He noted that the efforts of the Allies to extr...more

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Aug 26, 2011 Carles Fabrego-Vinyeta rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Churchill explica en aquest primer volum de la Historia de la Segona Guerra Mundial els fets polítics, socials i evidentment bèl.lics mes rellevants fins a l' 1941, fets que va conèixer de primera ma. Es tracta d'un llibre de memòries d'un polític liberal conservador que ja a la primera guerra mundial havia tingut responsabilitats al govern. Ens explica com arriba a ser primer Ministreen aquell periode tan important de la historia d'Europa i el Món, sens dubte gracies a la seva personalitat, cap...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Jamie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Winston Churchill is an amazing writer and brilliant historical orator. In this first book Winston outlines the circumstances that culminated in WWII and describes the first few years of the war in a gripping style. The follies of the victors after the first world war were numerable and their cumulative realization so sad: lending more in credit to Germany than the reparation charges imposed, leading to the collapse of the mark; breaking up the regional security of the Austro-Hungarian empire, i...more

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Apr 23, 2013 Shonn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: european-history, politics

Well, on the one hand this could be considered a 600+ page "I told you so" on Winston's part. However, considering the fact that He had been warning of the problems of appeasement from 1934 on, and things went about as badly as he predicted, he is probably more than justified on that account. I read Churchill because I enjoy his style, and he did not disappoint here. The one awkward thing about this book (though it speaks well of its authenticity) is the extensive use of direct and lengthy quote...more

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Oct 13, 2010 rommy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Churchill painstakingly documented his life and in doing so presented an historical overview of all the events following WWI, in the years following it and leading up to WWII, and in the postwar years.

It's difficult to undermine the appreciation that we can have for his work, one that has put forth a harsh and reflective view of the greatest event in modern history. He is eloquent in his reflection and uses correspondence and personal opinions to outline just what was going on. And as the reader...more

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Dec 20, 2009 Manny rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: history-and-biography, strongly-recommended

My favourite moment in any James Bond film occurs near the end of Octopussy. Roger Moore has figured out that the tactical nuclear weapon is hidden at the circus and is about to go off, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The event might also trigger World War III. He has a few minutes to act.

He charges into the ring during the middle of the performance, dressed as a clown, and tries to get to the bomb. The bad guys, also dressed as circus performers, do what they can to stop him. The audi...more My favourite moment in any James Bond film occurs near the end of Octopussy. Roger Moore has figured out that the tactical nuclear weapon is hidden at the circus and is about to go off, killing hundreds of thousands of people. The event might also trigger World War III. He has a few minutes to act.

He charges into the ring during the middle of the performance, dressed as a clown, and tries to get to the bomb. The bad guys, also dressed as circus performers, do what they can to stop him. The audience assumes it's all part of the act, and roars its appreciation. Then, suddenly, they see the very business-like device, and realise that it's not a joke. There's total silence as Bond desperately works to disarm it.

In the first volume of Churchill's history of World War II, we get the real-life version. Churchill can see Germany rearming and becoming stronger, and he understands what Hitler's policies will lead to. He tries to warn Britain and the rest of the world, and no one pays him any attention. He's being alarmist. There's little evidence that Hitler wants anything more than what, really, is Germany's right. It's not clear that Nazism is all bad. (I once found a rather startling book at a yard sale, called Germany: Fascist or Soviet?. The author, writing in the mid-30s, had considerable problems deciding which was the lesser evil). Various things happen, which in hindsight could hardly have been plainer indicators of what was to come, and Churchill still can't get anyone to take him seriously.

History has now, of course, determined that Churchill was a hero, and he is routinely invoked to justify any number of decisions. He was wheeled out again before the start of the Iraq war. A Chamberlain-style policy of appeasement isn't going to help, explained Dubya. What would Churchill do? (Maybe his speech-writers also considered "What would Jesus do?", and decided it was the wrong occasion). Personally, I rather doubt that the mature Churchill, who always had an eye for the big picture, would have allowed himself to be diverted by this comparative sideshow. But why don't you read the book and decide for yourself? It's astonishingly gripping stuff.

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Nov 01, 2008 Johnny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: history

Although this volume contains many of Churchill's colorful turns of phrase (Hitler described as Moloch (the Near Eastern god with a furnace in its belly for devouring children who were sacrificed to it)--p. 71, "Great quarrels arise from small occasions but seldom from small causes."--p. 266, words of addressing Herr Hitler with "the language of the mailed fist"--p. 325, his brief rhyme on being one of a passing generation in the Admiralty (I feel like one / Who treads alone / Some banquet hall...more

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Aug 06, 2007 Ted rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Admiral Nelson, William Gladstone, The Duke of Wellington, and Winston Churchill are the four civilians (non-royalty) to be given state funerals in the long history of Great Britian. With this nearly singular honor to his credit, I feel somewhat below the task of offering praise for WSC, but I have alsways found windmills an inviting target so here goes.
"The Gathering Storm" is the first volume of WSC's 6 volume narrative of the Second World War. The book covers the years leading up to the outbr...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Jeffrey rated it 5 of 5 stars

For students of history this is one of the ultimate historical documents that reveals the events that led to the start of World War II. Churchill's account is eminently readable and the author's larger-than-life ego protrudes through portions of his account. Because of his obvious greatness he gets a pass. What a visionary he was when everyone else was trying to placate and make excuses for the 3rd Reich, Churchill saw right through ALL of it, including the spread of communism.

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Apr 06, 2013 Swardlaw rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A great book.
Real history written by one of the principal history makers.
Has there been any other great politician who was also a great writer?
Immense detail but it manages to be more exciting than most thrillers, even though you know what's going to happen.
It's interesting how great leaders affect the following generations, not in a positive way. The post-war leaders all want to fight their own good war, like Churchill did. But they all end up fighting bad wars.

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“Delight in smooth sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts ... genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation ... the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality ...though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries [WWII]” — 10 people liked it

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