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“There are no extraordinary men…just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.” – U.S. Navy Admiral William Bull Halsey These were...
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“There are no extraordinary men…just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.” – U.S. Navy Admiral William Bull Halsey These were...
“Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties, and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.”...
“Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.” – U.S. Army General George Patton George S. Patton...
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” – General Douglas MacArthur In many ways, the Second World War...
General George S. Patton Jr.’s observation captures the command philosophy that drove one of the most consequential operational achievements of World War II: the...
Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...
“One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.” – General George Patton George...
Key Points and Summary – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., possessed what Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz called coup d’oeil — the...
Summary and Key Points: Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian general whose posthumously published Vom Kriege — published in English as On War — defined...
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is...