Marianne Macdonald wrote: It resonates with me too. Was it
somebody commenting on the settlers' early push westward vs
the 'American dream'?
her comment was in response to my post: There is a line in
Teran's GOD IS A BULLET about the first battles being for
blood and land, but the last being for myth. I've seen that
quote or something like it before but I can't place where.
Anybody know?
************* I think I saw it in a nonfiction book called
HISTORY OF WARFARE by Keegan. I've loaned it out so I can't
check it. It's not a very profound quote, but it sends chills
up my spine. It means that tribes begin a war for measurable
objectives, be it land or material, but when defeat is
inevitable, forces are gathered and a doomed last charge
takes them to death, glory, and myth.
miker
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