Armchair-generals Quote by Christopher Hitchens

“I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a…

— Dale Carnegie

“One of the errors of the 2003 invasion of Iraq was the belief that regime change must be creative. The theory was that the…

— Timothy Snyder

“For those of you who were critical that nobody paid enough attention to the generals at the beginning of the war, has it occurred…

— Bob Woodward

“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”

— John Christopher

“My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I want to…

— Adolf Hitler

“It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes.”

— Noam Chomsky

“In general, our generals were out generalled.”

— John Adams

“The argument that Saddam Hussein was a bad man and had to be removed simply won't do. There are many bad men around the…

— John Major

“Nobody wins wars. Generals plan battles to be swift and decisive. When they are not, the aim is to end the conflict less defeated…

— Steph Bennion

“History has shown very clearly that for democracy to continue, the people, and not the generals or even the executive authority, must have control…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

“Other wartime leaders would do well to imitate his inquisitive approach. They should not look for consensus, and instead should examine differences between advisors,…

— Thomas E Ricks

“It began to seem that the generals had got us into something they had no business doing.”

— Cornelius Ryan