Words on War: Military Quotations from Ancient Times to the PresentPrentice Hall, 1990 - 559 pages With more than 6,000 entries, organized alphabetically by theme, Words on War is destined to become a standard reference in the field of military history, and is sure to capture the public's fascination as no other single volume on the bookshelves has. |
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... attack Decline the attack altogether unless you can make it with advantage . Marshal Maurice de Saxe , Reveries Upon the Art of War ( 1757 ) . Never to attack in front a position which admits of being turned . Napoleon I , Military ...
... attack Decline the attack altogether unless you can make it with advantage . Marshal Maurice de Saxe , Reveries Upon the Art of War ( 1757 ) . Never to attack in front a position which admits of being turned . Napoleon I , Military ...
Page 88
... attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan . ... the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliber- ately planned many days or even weeks ago . During the intervening time the Japanese ...
... attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan . ... the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliber- ately planned many days or even weeks ago . During the intervening time the Japanese ...
Page 91
... attack , or the fifth attack , or the tenth attack , or the twentieth attack . The time for active defense is now . President Franklin D. Roosevelt , speech to the nation on the sinking of USS Greer by Ger- many ( on September 5 , 1941 ) ...
... attack , or the fifth attack , or the tenth attack , or the twentieth attack . The time for active defense is now . President Franklin D. Roosevelt , speech to the nation on the sinking of USS Greer by Ger- many ( on September 5 , 1941 ) ...
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