“Society depends on the death of its own members at the hands of the group.” 

Among the most important statements made about warfare in the Twentieth Century. Society is created, reaches its apogee, when it kills--not members of the "other" group but members of its own group.

Societies induce human beings to "die for their countries. This is what societies do and why we honor soldiers who, sadly, have bought into their society's sacred phantasy.

Richard A. Koenigsberg