Charles Reis Felix (1923–2017) American writer
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Crossing the Sauer: a memoir of World War II (2002)
“Sometimes, and in particular dealing with a dictator, the only chance of peace is a readiness for war.”
Speech to the Labour conference in Blackpool, 2 October 2002. Perhaps echoes an old latin proverb, Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, be prepared for war).
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