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

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 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….

No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will..

A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden and overwhelming blow from the air..

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

The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it take….

If you want peace, understand war..

To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge….

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 stri….

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

[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its cont….

Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological facto….

Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy….

The urge to gain release from tension by action is a precipitating cause of war..

For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because ….

The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach..

For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters..

The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled i….

It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises seem to them to combin….

The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error..