Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.
David Hackett Fischer

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Until Washington crossed the Delaware the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter things would never be the same again.
- David Hackett Fischer

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning. David Hackett Fischer

Americans tended to think of war as something that had to be done from time to time for a particular purpose or goal. They fought not for the sake of fighting but for the sake of winning.
David Hackett Fischer