Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable. - T. R. Fehrenbach

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Revolution and terror are synonymous; only with the passage of time does any revolution become respectable.

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About T. R. Fehrenbach

Theodore Reed "T. R." Fehrenbach, Jr. (January 12, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American historian, columnist, and the former head of the Texas Historical Commission. He graduated from Princeton University in 1947 and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestsellers Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans and This Kind of War, about the Korean War.

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Birth Name: Theodore Reed Fehrenbach, Jr.
Alternative Names: Theodore Reed Fehrenbach Fehrenbach

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Yet every democratic government is reluctant to face the fact. Reservists and citizen-soldiers stand ready, in every free nation, to stand to the colors and die in holocaust, the big war. Reservists and citizen-soldiers remain utterly reluctant to stand and die in anything less. None want to serve on the far frontiers, or to maintain lonely, dangerous vigils on the periphery of Asia. There has been every indication that mass call-ups for cold war moves may result in mass disaffection.

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