Power Quote by Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Download Open image ““(19) Signalling promotes the centralisation of authority.”” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Power
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“The promise of signalling fosters a neglect of doctrine.” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
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“(20) There is an inverse law between robust doctrine and the need for signalling.” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
“that (11) Purveyors of technical systems will seek to define performance criteria and trials conditions.” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
“By the close of the Victorian age Britain’s officer classes were increasingly the inheritors, rather than the winners, of empire.” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
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“Signals’ prioritising mechanisms become dislocated in times of overload.” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
“(21) Heavy signalling, like copious orders, is symptomatic of doctrinal deficiency,” — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
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