"It is thus more potent, as well as……" — B. H. Liddell Hart
"It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing."
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B. H. Liddell Hart
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The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
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In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
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