“During the nineteenth century, corps commander was the highest level of command to still require skills of an operator for success. A… — Robert Scales Copy Share Image
“Interestingly, when they are on our side, we usually refer to them as guerrillas or partisans or freedom fighters. When they, the… — Dick Couch Copy Share Image
“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of… — Alfred Thayer Mahan Copy Share Image
Many opportunities have been lost and hundreds of valuable lives uselessly sacrificed for want of a strict observance of discipline. Its object… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
“The celebrated maxim of the Romans, not to undertake two great wars at the same time, is so well known and so… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
Obama's drone program, in fact, amounts to the largest unmanned aerial offensive ever conducted in military history: never have so few killed… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
“No one would deny that all wars and battles are regrettable acts of human folly, causing unjustifiable agony and distress to combatants… — David G. Chandler Copy Share Image
There is something about military history that fascinates me. You find that many battles have been lost by people with very good… — David Cheriton Copy Share Image
“The first military-trained gang member was Samuel Mason, leader of the Mason gang of river pirates operating along the Ohio River from… — Carter F. Smith Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“As a volunteer for the Military History Center, he visited Arlington whenever he was in town, recovering items that had been left… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
At the University of California at Berkeley, my interests broadened from military history to diplomatic history and other disciplines. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“And so begins the strangest campaign in military history : a competent general and a seasoned army of eighty thousand men chased… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
“The Soviets had ... built an early warning radar system with computer linkages using a primitive kind of AI code-named Oko. On… — James Rickards 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
“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
“My husband claims I have an unhealthy obsession with secondhand bookshops. That I spend too much time daydreaming altogether. But either you… — Kathleen Tessaro 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
“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
During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the… — Stephen Ambrose 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
I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got… — Caleb Carr 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
