Commanders Quote by David Halberstam

“He and Willoughby preferred that the Pentagon and the Truman administration be completely dependent upon them for any information about what was going on…

— David Halberstam

“Well more than two thirds of the press releases from Douglas MacArthur's command reference only one person – himself.”

— Stanley Weintraub

“Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.” Carl von Clausewitz”

— Scott J Roberts

“I fired MacArthur because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a…

— Harry S. Truman

Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians.

— Tom Clancy

“The great commander knows that in order to win one needs to know the remote and also the immediate reasons for the war, the…

— Claudio Magris

“No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops.”

— John J. Pershing

“He had discovered early in his military career that if one has an effective and experienced officer above, coupled with effective and experienced soldiers…

— Joe Abercrombie

There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Either that information was not believed or inexplicably never passed on to the regional military command. When the attack finally came, Vienamese civilians were…

— Nayan Chanda

“General Douglas MacArthur said, “In war there is no substitute for victory.”

— Warren W. Wiersbe

“He wrote down, in a neat list, all the obligations of a sergeant because written information was what mattered in this world,”

— Paulette Jiles