Wars
The CFBS line was affected by three wars; The Franco-Prussian War, World War I and World War II .
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Famous quotes containing the word wars:
“Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss
Can never hope to wage a Global Mission.
No Holy Wars for them. The most the small
Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“America is addicted to wars of distraction.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
“The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.”
—Paul Deman (1919–1983)