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It's like how science fiction in the '50s was a way of talking about war without actually having to risk any political capital. The obvious metaphor is power and powerlessness, but I also think it's a way of experimenting with dangerous feelings in a safe arena and trying things out.

— Margaret Stohl

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

War is an arena for the display of courage and virtue. Or war is politics by other means. War is a quasi-mystical experience where you get in touch with the real. There are millions of narratives we impose to try to make sense of war.

— Phil Klay

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

— Stendhal

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

— George Washington

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible.

— Jeannette Rankin

We have a tendency to think of war as this quasi-mystical thing, and that interpretation flattens the experience - by using different perspectives, I wanted to open a place for readers to compare and contrast, to make judgments, to engage.

— Phil Klay

War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture.

— Carlos Saavedra Lamas

War means blind obedience, unthinking stupidity, brutish callousness, wanton destruction, and irresponsible murder.

— Alexander Berkman

War can be fun for certain people. It's a magnet for sadists, losers, and angry dreamers.

— Richard Engel

✗Opposing Perspectives

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.

— Jon Krakauer

My explanation remains the same: It was an attempt to make the point that anyone who opposed the war can achieve their objective by working within their sphere of influence, whether their political party or community of faith.

— James P. Moran