Though he commanded nothing in a military sense, he saw himself, in recent months, as capable of leading his country out of a generation of war and despair.
If Islamist extremism is the common enemy, and if there is no effective military deployment (even if there was the will) what do we face but a generation of war and conflict – thirty years, as some commentators have suggested - with the colonial settlements imposed after the first world war, arbitrary lines in the sand crisscrossing Sunni and Shia regions, blown away?
Along with other tribes throughout the country, the Oglala Sioux endured generations of war, forced removal and assimilation policies that dismantled traditional economies and food systems.
While he shared his generation's horror of war and was once called "the 'spiritual father' of appeasement," Keynes never, in fact, entertained the delusion that the "brigand powers" could be pacified.
Additionally, many members of the Karen and other hill tribes have been displaced over several generations of war in neighboring Burma, and their nationality is not recognized by either state [ 43, 54].
Its Charter established goals of protecting future generations from the "scourge of war" and promoting "fundamental human rights" and the "dignity and worth of the human person".
For my generation of Germans – but also for the younger generation without the experience of war and dictatorship – that fact is highly valued.
"Three generations of war have taken away from us our capacity to feel and suffer for other people," he added.
STALIN'S CHILDREN: Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival, by Owen Matthews.
In his resonant memoir, "Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival," Matthews writes that when his grandfather came home from military service, 2-year-old Lenina cried in fright.
