Military history shows air action only cannot achieve the goal of defeating an enemy. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image
“Gentlemen, this is a story that you shall tell your grandchildren, and mightily bored they'll be.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Jesse and Frank James were the most well-known military-trained gang members” — Carter F. Smith 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
“No Big Power in all history ever thought of itself as an aggressor. That is still true today.” — Anonymous 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
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
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
“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
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
“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
“[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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“Combat is fast, unfair, cruel, and dirty. It is meant to be that way so that the terrible experience is branded into… — Bruce H. Norton 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
“What they could tell from an imprint I could barely see was astonishing. “This one old man—short steps,” they’d say, touching the… — Jim Hooper Copy Share Image
“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
“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
“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
“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
“The Muslim world in general, the Arab world in particular was confirmed in its grievances, particularly that the West was prepared to… — John Keegan 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
[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
“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
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
“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
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
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
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
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