George Feifer > Quotes

“The men performed their roles like actors trapped in a morality play”
― George Feifer, The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb

“The fate of the Empire truly rests on this one action,”
― George Feifer, The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb

“Perry had come to end those offenses — but more importantly to secure trading opportunities and coaling facilities and to awaken the Japanese to their "Christian obligation to join the family of Christendom," which the secretary of the Navy had confided was the mission's underlying motive.”
― George Feifer, The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb

“Boot camp was . . . being treated like a criminal. It was like I had broken a law by joining the Marines and had been sent to reform school.”
― George Feifer, The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb