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B. H. Liddell Hart

" A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

Pursuit , Satisfaction , Bars

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" The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out. "

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Mind , Ideas , Military

" The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error. "

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Errors

" In war, the chief incalculable is the human will. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

War , Military

" In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance. "

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History , Power , War

" If you want peace, understand war. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

Want , War , Ifs

" The unexpected cannot guarantee success, but it guarantees the best chance of success. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

Chance , Military , Guarantees

" The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

Expectations , Lines

" Direct pressure always tends to harden and consolidate the resistance of an opponent. "

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Resistance , Opponents , Military

" Ensure that both plan and dispositions are flexible, adaptable to circumstances. Your plan should foresee and provide for a next step in case of success or failure. "

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Thinking , Next , Should

" The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. "

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War , Military

" Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war. "

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War , Air

" War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it. "

B. H. Liddell Hart

Evil , War , Military

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