America is especially sensitive to war weariness, and nothing brings backlash like the perception of defeat. I say โperceptionโ because America is a very all-or-nothing societyโฆ We like to know, and for everyone else to know, that our victory wasnโt uncontested, it was positively devastating.
Max BrooksYou can watch 'Dawn of the Dead' and still sleep at night. Try that with 'The Day After'.
Max BrooksCan you ever โsolveโ poverty? Can you ever โsolveโ crime? Can you ever โsolveโ disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.
Max Brooks