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You become, from the nature of things, a unit of attack or defence whose personality is immaterial and insignificant.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “You become, from the nature of things, a unit of attack or defence whose personality is immaterial and insignificant.”
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Laski states that individuals in wartime become mere units in military strategy, losing their personal significance.
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