The First Total War Quotes

“Why is this the case? Why has the West returned again and again to the twin visions of an end to war and apocalyptic war? I don’t pretend to be offering an answer to this entire, vast question. But in this book, I explore how and why the pattern began.”
― David A. Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It

“men desire harmony, but nature knows better what is good for the species: it desires strife.”
― David A. Bell, The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It