When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of it all some good would accrue to mankind kept men and nations fighting. When at last it was over, the war had many diverse results and one dominant one transcending all others: disillusion.


The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War (ed. Penguin UK, 2014) - ISBN: 9780241968222

Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes

When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of...

When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of...

When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of...

When every autumn people said it could not last through the winter, and when every spring there was still no end in sight, only the hope that out of...