Author: Alexandra Hamlet
Cites
- Eric Hoffer (1)
- IN: The Right Guard (2011) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: There is hardly an instance of an intact army giving rise to a religious, revolutionary or nationalist movement. On the other hand, a disintegrating army - whether by orderly process of demobilisation or by desertion due to demoralisation - is fertile ground for a proselytizing movement.
FROM: The True Believer, (1951), Book, US