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Nothing captured the empty idealism of the age so much as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which was initially signed by fifteen countries in 1928 and eventually included 62 signatories. The parties committed not to resort to war to settle disputes among them. It was less an act of serious foreign policy than an alternative to it—a high-minded statement
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
Politics
Faranabila • 1 card
pacifism.
Liu, Cixin • The Three-Body Problem
The price was never paid by the war’s leaders. As a U.S. Army officer in Iraq wrote in 2007, “A private who loses a rifle suffers far greater consequences than a general who loses a war.” The cost for Americans fell on the bodies and minds of young men and women from small towns and inner cities. It was unusual to meet anyone in uniform in Iraq who
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
anarchism
Louis • 4 cards
Middle America was in despair over what its revolting children were up to, though it seemed to have fewer qualms about pouring fire onto the people of Vietnam.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Genocide
Zithlaly • 3 cards
War Is a Racket confirmed everything
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony
anarchy
Marie Romeijn • 1 card