"The Guns of August" Quotes
"The Guns of August" by Barbara W. Tuchman provides a detailed and dramatic account of the first month of World War I.
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Quotes
War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
The greatest asset a commander can possess: the ability to make a decision.
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
The reality of war is to be found in the individual soul, not in the mass, not in the marketplace, not in the drumhead court or the schoolroom.
The cult of the offensive is still dominant and the defensive considered a confession of weakness.
A leader is the servant of the group and not its master.
War is the most complex, physically and morally, of all human activities.
An untested leader is a dangerous man to follow.
The victor will be the one that makes the fewest mistakes.
