"When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war."
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Eleven Declarations of War (London: Harcourt Brace, 1975) p. 11
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Len Deighton
Leonard Cyril Deighton (18 February 1929 – 15 March 2026) was an English novelist, historian and cookery writer. His many spy thrillers include The IPCRESS File (1962), a a film version was released in 1965.
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