Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Charles Bean
Born: November 18, 1879
Died: August 30, 1968 (aged 88)
Bio: Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian World War 1 war correspondent and historian.
Known for:
- Anzac to Amiens (1946)
- Bean's Gallipoli
- Letters from France (1917)