In war, the chief incalculable is the human will..

An army should always be so distributed that its parts can aid each other and combine to produce the maximum possible concentration of force at one p….

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 ….

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 th….

While the nominal strength of a country is represented by its numbers and resources, this muscular development is dependent on the state of its inter….

As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war..

Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent..

Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by giving thoug….

The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian..

Guerrilla war is a kind of war waged by the few but dependent on the support of many..

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..

This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforce….

The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their c….

Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war ….

The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success..

The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out..

The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistan….

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistanc….

In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the overthrow ….

It is folly to imagine that the aggressive types, whether individuals or nations, can be bought off ... since the payment of danegeld stimulates a de….

In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive dr….