An Army is still a crowd, though a highly organized one. It is governed by the same laws, and under the stress of war is ever tending to revert to its crowd form. Our object in peace is so to train it that the reversion will become very slow.
The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in powe… - J. F. C. Fuller
The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in powe…
- J. F. C. Fuller
The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was … - J. F. C. Fuller
The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was …
Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body. - J. F. C. Fuller
Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane. - J. F. C. Fuller
National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally sane.
As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future. - J. F. C. Fuller
As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
An Army is still a crowd, though a highly organized one. It is governed by the same laws, and under the stress of war is ever tending to revert to it… - J. F. C. Fuller
An Army is still a crowd, though a highly organized one. It is governed by the same laws, and under the stress of war is ever tending to revert to it…
The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and concret… - J. F. C. Fuller
The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and concret…
Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline … - J. F. C. Fuller
Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline …
Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground his teeth and murmur… - J. F. C. Fuller
Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground his teeth and murmur…
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