clocks in disagreement are worse than no clock at all.
Oh, diplomacy ... it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker one, while saving its fleets and battalions for weightier opponents.
I really wish they hadn't made the set out of asbestos.
Perpetual encagement endows any mirage of salvation with credibility.
I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.
War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.