Picks and Pans Review: Quote

UPDATED 02/05/1990 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 02/05/1990 at 01:00 AM EST

>From The Dictionary of War Quotations, edited by Justin Wintle (Free Press, $29.95):

"As long as war is regarded as wicked it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular."

—Oscar Wilde