“War is a bloody business, a killing business.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
Source: George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton%27s_speech_to_the_Third_Army
“We are reluctant to admit that essentially war is the business of killing, though that is the simplest truth in the book.”
Fire as the Cure. p. 67.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command (1947)
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