Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars." (Interview with Don Swaim of CBS Radio-1986)

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James Clavell was a 20th-century American and american writer and filmmaker. Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, known as James Clavell, was a British and American writer, filmmaker and a British Army officer during the Second World War. He is best known for his Asian Saga novels, a number of which have had television and film adaptations. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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