War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but „til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.
War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exactio… - Alfred Thayer Mahan
War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exactio…
- Alfred Thayer Mahan
Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished. - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.
Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or… - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or…
Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unab… - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unab…
There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrati… - Alfred Thayer Mahan
There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrati…
Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it. - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.
Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet. - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.
The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily … - Alfred Thayer Mahan
The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily …
Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world. - Alfred Thayer Mahan
Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.
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