The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time… - William Pfaff

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The achievement of nationhood is a product not only of time and circumstance but usually of war and suffering as well.

William Pfaff

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About William Pfaff

William Pfaff (December 29, 1928 – April 30, 2015) was an American author, op-ed columnist for the International Herald Tribune and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and is of German, English, and Irish origin. He currently resides in Paris.

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