History Quote by Radley Balko

“When our objectives become purely military, we’ve already lost the larger fight.”

— Alexander Freed

“Military strategy...has become the diplomacy of violence.”

— Thomas C. Schelling

I think there was an overemphasis in the early stage on militarization rather than directly providing relief. I don't think it has any long-term…

— Noam Chomsky

“THERE ARE TWO FORMS OF POLICE MILITARIZATION: DIRECT and indirect. Direct militarization is the use of the standing military for domestic policing. Indirect militarization…

— Radley Balko

“The Army, however, found ways to adapt. It lobbied hard for atomic artillery shells, atomic antiaircraft missiles, atomic land mines.”

— Eric Schlosser

“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

A radically new chapter in the history of war

— Jfc Fuller

“American civilization isn’t advancing as fast as our military is. The only problem is we should be retreating.”

— Jarod Kintz

“A tolerably extensive reading of campaigns and military histories justifies me in saying that such an exhibition of unsuspicious security in the presence of…

— Warren Olney

“The military is only as strong as the other institutions supporting it.”

— Michael DeLong

In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast…

— James M Strock

“We train for war and fight to win. I stand ready to bring the full spectrum of combat power to bear in order to…

— Marcus Luttrell