Greenhill Dictionary of Miltary Quotations - Hardcover

 
9781853673900: Greenhill Dictionary of Miltary Quotations
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1853673900 ISBN 13: 9781853673900
Verlag: Greenhill Books, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

This is an epic new volume bringing 4,000 years of military history to life through the words of more than 800 soldiers, commanders, military theorists and commentators on war. Diverse personalities - including Napoleon, Machiavelli, Ataturk, 'Che' Guevara, Rommel, Julius Caesar, Wellington, Eisenhower, Crazy House, T.E. Lawrence and many more - immortalize every facet of the experience of war from the sack of Summerian Ur in 2000 BC to the present day. The quotes, fully sourced and dated, are broken down into more than 480 categories and subjects covering courage, danger, failure, leadership, luck, military intelligence, tactics, training, guerrilla warfare and victory.

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The editor of this volume, Peter G. Tsouras, is a senior analyst at the U.S. Army National Ground Intelligence Center. He is the author of a number of books of alternate history and photographic history.

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On appeasement: 'There is no merit in putting off a war for a year, if when it comes, it is a far worse war or one much harder to win.' - Sir Winston Churchill

On deception: 'Though fraud in other activities be detestable, in the management of war it is laudable and glorious.' - Machiavelli

On soldiers: 'I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.' - Duke of Wellington on replacements sent to him in Spain.

On famous last words: 'I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle the matter by lunchtime.' - Napoleon, before Waterloo

On fear: 'He who is afraid is half beaten.' - Suvorov

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Verlag
Greenhill Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1853673900
ISBN 13 
9781853673900
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
574
Herausgeber
Tsouras Peter G.
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