John Gregory Dunne Quotes

Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.

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• Only World War II, which mobilized 10 million draftees, could by any stretch of the imagination be called a people's war.

  

  John Gregory Dunne
  • People
  • World
  • War