Joshua

“A school yard full of unruly school children in which children don't always understand the consequences of what they do.
-US Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, on international relations”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

“I believe every man who stood up was either killed or wounded," said Lieutenant Oliver Williams, who was himself hit. This regiment had participated in a touching event, well remembered by both armies. At Fredericksburg in late 1862, after the Sharpsburg campaign, it had held a dress parade at which the band played "Dixie." Across the Rappahannock a Northern band heard and played back the song as a bit of camaraderie. The band of the 20th North Carolina responded by playing "Yankee Doodle." Then both bands, as if by prearrangement, joined in "Home, Sweet Home." This chorus ran along the lines and both armies sang and wept.”
― Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels

“If you are not affected, if you are not hurt by what we do, then you will not do anything to stop it. The war will simply continue. As long as it is just the soldiers,”
― Jeff Shaara, The Last Full Measure

“You may have increased the enthusiasm among our country's elite for finding other means of replacing what you've taken away.
-Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese Ambassador to the United States”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor