Elizabeth Samet Quote

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.


Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point (2007 edition), Macmillan - ISBN: 9781429933193


The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war itself.