Fitness Quote by B. H. Liddell Hart

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“For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.”

B. H. Liddell Hart

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If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human will lies the source and mainspring of all conflict, as of all other activities of man's life, it becomes clear that our object in war can only be attained by the subjugation of the opposing will. All acts,…

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The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success.

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Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many.

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The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in…

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