In wiping out so many lives..., in destroying beliefs, changing ideas, and leaving incurable wounds of disillusion, it created a physical as well as psychological gulf between two epochs. ” ​ — From The Proud Tower — ​ A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890 – 1914, by Barbara Tuchman.
“ वर्ष १९१४ - १८ का महायुद्ध झुलसी हुई भूमि की एक क्षेत्रीय पट्टी की तरह है, जो उस समय को हमारे समय से विभाजित करती है ।