Preparing for War Quotes

“My elders in the church had always told me that if I read too many books, my brain would railroad my heart and lead me away from the church. Turns out they were right. [...] It became clear to me that the timeless truths we had attributed to the Bible in my church were modern inventions.”
― Bradley Onishi, Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—and What Comes Next

“Some historians are raising parallels between the Capitol riot and the Beer Hall Putsch. “What if the events of Jan. 6, like the Beer Hall Putsch, only mark the beginning of the rise of the far-right?” asks the historian of World War I Robert Gerwarth.”
― Bradley Onishi, Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism--and What Comes Next