Quotes About Tactics

Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.

With the Mongolian horse warfare, I did a lot of research into the Mongol art of war.

You do have to change things as warfare changes.

The Special Operations community is rooted in unconventional warfare.

You cannot tell the enemy you're going to leave and expect the enemy to not - and expect to succeed. I mean, that's just a fundamental of warfare.

Just as sports teams recognize the potentially game-changing benefit of calling time-outs, failing to do so in matters of warfare is a surefire way to continue losing.

I worked on anti-submarine warfare for surface ships.

Warfare has changed so dramatically.

Modern warfare has become too techno-ish for my sensibilities.

Sometimes a manager will assess the other team through the warm-up and try to get an inkling as to what way they are going to be playing.

Since the first archer fired the first arrow, warriors have been inventing ways to strike their enemies while removing themselves from harm's way.

There are two types of warriors: the one that rides through on his horse and tries to slay everyone, and the sniper. I try to be more like the sniper. Bang. Bang. Bang. Break them down, shot by shot.

Fighting wars is not so much about killing people as it is about finding things out. The more you know, the more likely you are to win a battle.

As an infantry officer who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, I have led men in combat and trained them on tactics and strategy. The mission of the infantry is to 'close with, and destroy, the enemy.' Our job, in a direct way, is to fight and win wars.

Emotions may win arguments, but they don't win wars.

I think we would find, if you study the conduct of guerilla-type wars, that the Obama Administration has hit more targets on a broader scale than the Nixon Administration ever did.

It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

Never turn your back until you're sure your enemy is dead. Dimitri Belikov

Ranjit Singh used money and clan rivalries to divide the tribes and, from time to time, the kingdom's organized force to subdue them.

The somewhat sinister maxim, divide et impera [had] been acted upon', adds Bosworth Smith, with 'triumphant results'.

A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods.

You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can ensure the safety of your defence if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.

Knowledge of the enemy's dispositions can only be obtained from other men.