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The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy – in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict. Download This Image

    While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy – in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting … A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing. Download This Image

    It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting … A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war they form the more constant factors, changing only in degree, whereas the physical factors are different in almost every war and every military situation. Download This Image

    The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war they form the more constant factors, changing only in degree, whereas the physical factors are different in almost every war and every military situation.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

    The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples’ dream of full and final insurance of their security … While it has increased their striking power it has sharpened their anxiety and deepened their sense of insecurity. Download This Image

    The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples’ dream of full and final insurance of their security … While it has increased their striking power it has sharpened their anxiety and deepened their sense of insecurity.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure. Download This Image

    Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation. Download This Image

    The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ. Download This Image

    The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - While hitting one must guard … In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard. Download This Image

    While hitting one must guard … In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - To foster the people’s willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power. Download This Image

    To foster the people’s willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - While the nominal strength of a country is represented by its numbers and resources, this muscular development is dependent on the state of its internal organs and nerve-system – upon its stability of control, morale, and supply. Download This Image

    While the nominal strength of a country is represented by its numbers and resources, this muscular development is dependent on the state of its internal organs and nerve-system – upon its stability of control, morale, and supply.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - If you want peace, understand war. Download This Image

    If you want peace, understand war.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed – if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose. Download This Image

    In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed – if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc. Download This Image

    The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. Download This Image

    A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram B. H. Liddell Hart Quote - I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I am now coming to think that they are decisively “personal,” arising from the defects and ambitions of those who have the power to influence the currents of nations. Download This Image

    I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I am now coming to think that they are decisively “personal,” arising from the defects and ambitions of those who have the power to influence the currents of nations.

    B. H. LIDDELL HART