“The predominance of moral factors in all military decisions. On them constantly turns the issue of war and battle. In the history of war they form the more constant factors, changing only in degree, whereas the physical factors are different in almost every war and every military situation.” DifferentWarFormTurnsDecisionSituationMoralIssuesMilitaryBattleDegreesConstantFactorsWars And Battles Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
“This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforces the conclusion that the indirect is by far the most hopeful and economic form of strategy.” FormEconomicMilitaryApproachDirectStrategyCampaignsConclusionProportionHopefulSignificanceIndirectRarityDirect Approach Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“To foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.” PeopleImportantFormSpiritMilitaryWillingConcrete Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished- by giving thought not only to the aim but to the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such indirect approach, take care not to diverge from the truth- for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth.” IfsGivingLongIdeasRealCareFormTurnsSidesMovementPositionTruth IsDegreesApproachAimMethodTake CareResistanceInevitableOppositionExposedNew IdeasAdvancementThrustIndirectUntruthLapses Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
“Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best it produces an atmosphere that is of value in drying and hardening the structure of thought. The greater value of indirect experience lies in its greater variety and extent. History is universal experience, the experience not of another, but of many others under manifold conditions.” FormLyingValuesGreaterConditionsProduceTheoryDirectUniversalFoundationStructureVarietyAtmosphereApplicationAdequateIndirectManifold Book:Why Don't We Learn from History? Source: Why Don't We Learn from History?
