“No Big Power in all history ever thought of itself as an aggressor. That is still true today.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jesse and Frank James were the most well-known military-trained gang members” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“On weekends his idea of rest was to read military history aloud to his daughters.” — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
“If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee?” — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Naval heroes are seldom immodest, but soldiers quite often are. It is said of one gallant general that publication of his book… — John Colville Copy Share Image
“I'm too old to be ignorant as I am." --Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not want her to know about… — Elle Thornton Copy Share Image
“Congress has mandated an annual report on street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist activity in the military since 2008.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“[A]s military history reveals, a bad plan is often better than no plan, especially if the people on the other side think… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
“The first gang members who joined the military were known as the Hounds, a group of former New York gang members.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
If you go back into military history, the person who's leading the troops ought to be in with the troops and not… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“The Tausennigan Ob'enn warlords look like cuddly teddy-bears?" "Yes, they do, and they'd cheerfully exterminate your entire race for making that observation!"… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
“Members of every major street gang, outlaw biker, and domestic extremist group have been found in a number of military branches.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“France is to me the heroine in the romance of all the nations of all time. This feeling was born in me… — William Arthur Sirmon Copy Share Image
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at… — Jay Winik Copy Share Image
I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
“U-boats were on the run. Radar, sonar, aircraft, and new tactics by American and British destroyers had turned predators into prey. The… — Tom Young Copy Share Image
Lincoln made mistakes. Roosevelt made mistakes. Eisenhower made mistakes. The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest intelligence failure in American military… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“Life is worth living and no matter what it throws at you it is important to keep your eyes on the prize… — Alistair Urquhart Copy Share Image
The war with Iraq ... had to be one of the greatest non sequiturs in military history. Attacked by a gang composed… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
“What do we do if we come across trouble, sir?' Cahill asked, slapping at a fly. 'As much as I enjoy giving… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“At the far end of the taxiway, B-17s began to roll out of their hardstands and onto the perimeter track. Karl nudged… — Tom Young Copy Share Image
“Jones described what followed in his official report: All the oil, the tanks, barrels,engines for pumping, engine-houses, and wagons- in a word,… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
“For more than a decade, the United States had been giving large-scale military aid to the French colonialists, and then to the… — Edward S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
“In this world, anything is possible. The United States might win a future war relying solely on air power for the first… — Frederick Kagan Copy Share Image
“I climbed over the machine gun and into the Casspir. Clearing my throat respectfully, I mentioned these minor points to Brand, wondering… — Jim Hooper Copy Share Image
“There have been ample opportunities since 1945 to show that material superiority in war is not enough if the will to fight… — Richard Overy Copy Share Image
“The great hatred of capitalism in the hearts of the oppressed, ancient and modern, I think, stems not merely from the ensuing… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] a very talented individual. He's - has a personal library of about 10,000 books and he's read most of… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
“May be you find out I could be useful getting people out of camps and prisons in Germany - just before they… — Christine Granville Copy Share Image
I think one of the great disasters (in military history) is the way that the Second World War has become the defining… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Then, out of the blue, I had the ah ha moment of inspiration at one of our 3rd SPG reunions as I… — Bill Bowers Copy Share Image
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those… — Henry Waxman Copy Share Image
“I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
“He made my mom call and tell Maureen I wouldn't be in to see her anymore. He said therapy is a waste… — Tracy Bilen Copy Share Image
Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction,… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
I've always been homeschooled, so doing it on set is kind of the same thing. My mom makes it very interactive -… — Atticus Shaffer Copy Share Image
We seem to know that international wars tend not to stop with their formal "peace treaties." We seem not to have thought… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
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