Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans, no less than other peoples, prepare for the last war.

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

Topics: Military Quotes

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is...

Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit...

Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit...

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be...

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be...

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to...

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...

In bygone days, commanders were taught that when in doubt, they should march their troops...