Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characte…

Lewis Mumford
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ✨ Lewis Mumford, Langdon Winner (2010). Technics and Civilization, p.93, University of Chicago Press
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