Category: History: Military

Copyright/published Year: 2013 by Naval Institute Pres

ISBN: 1591144043

Binding: trade pap

Description: The quotations in this unique dictionary cover all aspects of the ì military art-war, personalities, traditions and customs, weapons ì and equipment, as well as virtues and failings. It is a ì fascinating and comprehensive collection which includes over 5000 ì quotations and spans the past two thousand years.

The words of Catherine the Great are here, along with those of ì Churchill, Shakespeare, Nimitz, Clausewitz, Kant, and John F. ì Kennedy. Napoleon I and Thomas Jefferson share a page with Robert ì E. Lee and Alfred Thayer Mahan.

The scope of the subject matter covered by the quotations is ì extensive. The table of rubrics runs between Action to Zeal with ì 365 pages in between. Aggression, Causes of War, Détente, Duty, ì Loyalty, Luck, Profanity, Recruits, Victory, Weapons, and Women ì are but a few of the headings. Quotations under each entry appear ì in chronological order.

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This book is new and is in ' like new' condition.

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Like new. Unread. No remainder marks