Reality Quote by Louis de Bernières

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders…

— Sun Tzu

“But this was the army. Useful or not, there was a routine to be followed and orders to be obeyed.”

— Daniel Kahneman

“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

“knew that the result of a battle is decided not by the orders of a commander in chief, nor the place where the troops…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Their leader had no real knowledge of warfare or tactics. I was only a stubborn man and that was my greatest advantage in this…

— Andy Andrews

“They knew no fear and had no self-awareness to warn them that what was happening to their comrades was about to happen to them. …

— Dirk Patton

“The guys who give the orders never get what’s coming to them. They’re the Lords in their towers,”

— Hugh Howey

“Soldiers were the backbone of a people, but the leader was the head and heart. We had to make the big choices, the hard…

— Jaymin Eve

“Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where…

— Robertson Davies

“When army review its forces more than 6 months and not attacking the enemy, know it is a danger to his people”

— Adolf Hitler

“Strategies and formations were nice, but they were nothing if the soldiers didn’t know how to handle themselves in battle.”

— Orson Scott Card

“It was good for troops to know their officers were reliable, and that we didn’t hate each other—at least not to a degree that…

— B.V. Larson