World War I
During World War I, Bonsal served in the American Expeditionary Forces with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was also President Woodrow Wilson's private translator during the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris.
Unfinished Business, a diary describing his experiences during the Paris Peace Treaty negotiations, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1945.
Read more about this topic: Stephen Bonsal
Famous quotes containing the words war i, world and/or war:
“The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)
“Trust me, my dear Eugenius ... “there are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman’s pulse.””
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.”
—Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)