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an obsession with stories and all ... from Bomb, War from War,
begotten, not made, of one Being with the War. Through War all
things were made. For us and for our salvation War came down from
heaven; by the power of the Human Spirit it became incarnate . . .
and was made man.For War's sake humans
Steal Rat for
President ;Naomi Novik 's Temeraire stories ( His Majesty's Dragon
, Throne of Jade , Black Powder War , Empire of Ivory ), and
Victory of Eagles );Tad Williams ' War of The Flowers was a most
enjoyable read;and have read H.G. Wells War of the Worlds and The
Time Machine (although
Quizzes (110)
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Hi! And welcome to my Arthurian Legend Test.
King Arthur was believed to have lived around 400 AD and been a war duke. Numerous stories surround hi... ...
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Journal Posts (948)
by MrSmartypants79
And in the Cold War where we
built absurd numbers of ICBMs and MIRV warheads to keep the commies ... But we all tell certain stories to make
sense of the world we live in, to boil it down to a level we can
comprehend. Stories of ourselves, stories of our pasts,
stories of all the myriad
by eddiecoyote
to war; economics, religion, politics,
a ‘just cause’, protection against danger, and more. There are
unjust wars fought justly, just wars fought without merit, and many
shades and combinations of the two. Rarely, in going to war ... our stories to people who are incapable of hearing our stories
by MeanMrMustard1
2 stories. I recommend reading the next stories by
using the chronological checklist however it's perfectly fine to
read them as presented in the publication order.) ELFQUEST VOL. 2:
anthology series containing the following stories:
"Wolfrider"-takes place before the OQ. Some stories of Bearclaw.
by Gehrig8433
was interested in, this duel was fought in borrowed armor
against someone who had 8 years of previous war experience. It is
one of my finer stories to tell in person. My second war featured
me with homemade armor awaiting the arrival of my custom helmet,
which showed up one day too late after war.
by betenoire
Stories Of War From Women VeteransSome 350,000 women serve in
active or reserve duty, but their stories are rarely told.
Journal Comments (160)
Comment by Bec_de_Corbin
Haldeman: "The Forever War" is a great novel
about the disgusting futility of war. It's pretty graphic in terms
of violence, so be forewarned.Dan Abnett: Very pulpy far future war
stories set in the distopian Warhammer 40K universe ("In the grim
darkness of the far future, there is only war!
Comment by grndexter
of what supplies would be
needed to fight the war "if we had to go to war" - and there were
lots of other negative reports.Remember the stories about the
troops scrounging the junk yards for armor to weld onto their
Humm-vees? And then the stories about the loss of critical intel,
destroyed by the
Comment by Spandau_Ballet
We want war stories! We want war stories! We want war stories!
Comment by Phalangite
century people seemed to handle war a
lot differently than in the 20th (or, perhaps, war handles people
differently in the 20th). Some of these older war memoirs actually
sometimes have a bit what seems almost a sarcastic sense of humor
or something to them, while modern war stories seem to be a
Forum Comments (196)
Comment by Brothab
[35]Deutsche
Bank was the bank of the German Gestapo during World War II,
funding the construction of concentration camps. It was broken up
after the war, only to merge together again in 1957.
Comment by
During wartime,
dehumanizing an enemy bolsters morale at home and justifies any
vicious act of war committed against it.. This is not to say all
atrocity stories are false, but great care should be taken before
giving credence to such horror stories. Even so, five decades after
the war ended, many
Comment by
bulldozers or shoots them, or shells a picnicking
family on a beach (and then refuses to own up) when it wants to
launch a war within the next three weeks, or warns civilians to
flee after blowing up bridges so it can target them like sitting
ducks, or shoots at Red Cross ambulances or UN observers
Comment by
bulldozers or shoots them, or shells a picnicking
family on a beach (and then refuses to own up) when it wants to
launch a war within the next three weeks, or warns civilians to
flee after blowing up bridges so it can target them like sitting
ducks, or shoots at Red Cross ambulances or UN observers
Comment by
are
as moved by stories involving money laundering or corruption as
they are the usual “dog bites man” stories. ... officially at war with the Jewish state and this story–along with
others featuring Bernie Madoff and more than likely, many more to
come–are the opening salvos in that war.