"I have followed, as in previous volumes, as far as I am able, the method of Defoe's Memoirs of a Cavalier, in which t…"

"I do not describe it as history, for that belongs to another generation. But I claim with confidence that it is a con…"

"I have adhered to my rule of never criticising any measure of war or policy after the event unless I had before expre…"

"Let no one look down on those honourable, well-meaning men whose actions are chronicled in these pages, without searc…"

"One day President Roosevelt told me that he was asking publicly for suggestions about what the war should be called. …"

"After the end of the World War of 1914 there was a deep conviction and almost universal hope that peace would reign i…"

"When Marshal Foch heard of the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versailles he observed with singular accuracy: "This is…"

"The multitudes remained plunged in ignorance of the simplest economic facts, and their leaders, seeking their votes, …"

"A gaping void was opened in the national life of the German people. All the strong elements, military and futile, whi…"

"How the English-speaking peoples through their unwisdom, carelessness, and good nature allowed the wicked to rearm."