Wars Were Fought by Babies
You know—we’ve had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves. We had forgotten that wars were fought by babies. When I saw those freshly shaved faces, it was a shock. ‘My God, my God—’ I said to myself, ‘It’s the Children’s Crusade.’
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Context: A long-held British prisoner of war sees the young American prisoners after they have shaved.
Not in a duel yet
Source: Chapter 5