Quote by: Drew Gilpin Faust

We have been telling and hearing and reading war stories for millennia. Their endurance may lie in their impossibility; they can never be complete, for the tensions and the contradictions within them will never be eliminated or resolved. That challenge is essential to their power and their attraction. War stories matter.

Drew Gilpin Faust

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Author Bio

  • NameDrew Gilpin Faust
  • DescriptionAmerican historian, college administrator and the President of Harvard University
  • AliasesCatharine Drew Gilpin
  • BornSeptember 18, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Time 100; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Doctorate; Honorary Degree; Honorary Degree; Jefferson Lecture; Bancroft Prize; American History Book Prize