B. H. Liddell Hart - About war - 161329

"Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.“

-B. H. Liddell Hart

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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

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