The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West.
John KeeganIf Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.
John KeeganI don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.
John KeeganWe saw the children and the women with their babies and then I heard the poouff — the flame had broken through the thatched roof and there was a yellow- brown smoke column going up into the air. It didn't hit me all that much then, but when I think of it now — I slaughtered those people. I murdered them.
John Keegan