War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time.

Ian Hay

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Topic

War and peace War

Speaker

Captain Wagstaffe

Author

Ian Hay

Source

The First Hundred Thousand

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hay, Ian. "The First Hundred Thousand." Blackwood's Magazine, 1915.

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The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
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Topic
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Source
Dulce et Decorum Est
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Owen, Wilfred. "Dulce et Decorum Est." Poems by Wilfred Owen. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

Current Citation

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I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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Topic
Vietnam War Napalm War
Speaker
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Actor
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Source
Apocalypse Now
Medium
Film
Genre
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Language
English
Time
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Authentication Score 3
Citation

Apocolypse Now. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Omni Zoetrope, 1979.

Another quote from 1915

Truth is the first casualty in war.

Ethel Snowden

Women and War

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Topic
War and truth

Author

Ethel Snowden
Source
Women and War
Language
English
Time
1915 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Snowden, Ethel. "Women and War." Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Education Association. 1915.