“About the best that can be done is to try to place oneself in a position to get lucky. Nothing is certain, but shrewd, well-informed planning, a determined use of every possible advantage, and a continuous awareness and acceptance of… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“He wanted to bring up his plan for a retreat, but something told him not to. “Well, Grant, we’ve had the devil’s own day,… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Polybius managed to attach himself to the clan and person of Scipio Aemilianus, grandson of one of the two losing consuls at Cannae,” — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“He too was experimental and creatively disobedient, but he was still able to operate effectively in a fairly rigid hierarchy—something Americans do particularly well.” — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“I hope to have God on my side; but I must have Kentucky,” Lincoln reputedly said.” — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“About the best that can be done is to try to place oneself in a position to get lucky. Nothing is certain, but shrewd,… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Rome, on the other hand, lost—suffering on that one day more battle deaths than the United States during the entire course of the war… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Real strategists are warriors and must be willing and able to fight battles, to “see the elephant,” as Civil War soldiers were fond of… — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“That’s the way it is with Appian; things that appear ridiculous on average just might have happened, so they cannot be entirely dismissed.” — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
“In other words, what we know for sure is entirely limited, and all the rest is basically opinion.” — Robert L. O'Connell Copy Share Image
