“Military Veterans have become gang members since the late 1700s.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Gangs have had connections to the U.S. Military in every period since the founding of the country.” — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
“Underestimation of nonconventional units or a guerrilla enemy by regular forces is a cardinal military sin.” — Howard R. Simpson Copy Share Image
“• • • Military history is the story of the terrible murder of beautiful plans by ugly facts.” — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
“No Big Power in all history ever thought of itself as an aggressor. That is still true today.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Those that aspire to raise their head above the crowd are most likely to have it shot off.” — Leif Herrgesell Copy Share Image
Military history is essential to understanding any history and, moreover, is a terrifying and sobering study in the realities of human nature… — Lawrence Osborne 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
“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
House passes #dadt (don't ask don't tell) repeal. A step fwd on equality 4 gay Americans in military. History will judge those… — Frank Pallone Copy Share Image
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources. — Robert E. Lee 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
“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
“Charles had perished in Italy, like hundreds of other Japanese-Americans in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which became known as the Purple Heart… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
There has always been interest in certain phases and aspects of history - military history is a perennial bestseller, the Civil War,… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
“The Hitler War was my grandfather’s war; my father’s war – his and Uncle George’s – was Korea, which may have been… — G.M.W. Wemyss 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
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
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
“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
Now, I am under attack by the biggest force in military history, my little African son, Obama wants to kill me, to… — Gaddafi 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
“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
“He had panicked. Tessier cursed his own stupidity. He should have remained in the column where he would have been protected. Instead,… — David Cook Copy Share Image
“The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis came well before the current age of AI, yet computers were in use and technology played a… — James Rickards Copy Share Image
“Military history teaches us, contrary to popular belief, that wars are not necessarily the most costly of human calamities. The allied coalition… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“By 1914 the world wised up. And you know what we got out of it? Do you know what thousands of years… — Josh Malerman Copy Share Image
“We were children of the 1950s and John Kennedy's young stalwarts of the early 1960s. He told the world that Americans would… — Joseph L. Galloway Copy Share Image
“In the past, the states best able to manage events beyond their borders have been those best able to avoid the temptation… — Robert Scales Copy Share Image
“If freedom is free and none need worry, then what blood drops for thee?” — Ryan Goodrich Copy Share Image
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