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Quotes from Lawrence Freedman

Von Moltke's most radical innovation as a commander, which went against the textbooks of the time, was to divide his army so that both parts could be kept supplied until they would combine for the battle ("march divided; strike united").
~ Lawrence Freedman
Como demostraba la experiencia del Modelo T de Ford, incluso el más diestro fabricante de un producto con costes reducidos al mínimo podía verse superado y atrapado por un producto mejor.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Heeding Warnings about Violent Conflict? Persuasion in Foreign Policy.
~ Lawrence Freedman
La decisión de intentar encontrar una solución rápida y decisiva es una causa frecuente de fracasos.
~ Lawrence Freedman
La persuasión exigía utilizar palabras convincentes: de los que saben pero no tienen «el poder para expresarlo claramente», bien se puede decir que no saben nada.
~ Lawrence Freedman
The core proposition was that a minority would always rule over a majority.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Who says organization, says oligarchy." This was Michels's "iron law.
~ Lawrence Freedman
Do not trust the Horse, Trojans/ Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts. —Laocoön in Virgil's Aeneid
~ Lawrence Freedman