"The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to……" — B. H. Liddell Hart
"The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security ... While it has increased their striking power it has sharpened their anxiety and deepened their sense of insecurity."
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B. H. Liddell Hart
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...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real…
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The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present…
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The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and…
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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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Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best…
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In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
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The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that,…
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