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“You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.”

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“If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice you call on him to make. The hardships of the situation must not be merely transient - at least not in appearance. Otherwise, the enemy would not give in, but would wait for things to improve.”

Ifs Giving Waiting Situation Enemy Sacrifice Military Appearance Hardship Transient

Book:On War

Source: On War

“War: that mad game the world so loves to play.”

World War Play Games Military Mad

Book:The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

Source: The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

“There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell.”

Looks War Today Boys Hell Military Glory Historical Military

Author:William Tecumseh Sherman

“Therefore I say: know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and of yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.”

Ifs Knows Certain Winning Chance Enemy Military Battle Equal Losing Hundred Ignorant Know Yourself Peril Win Or Lose

Author:Sun Tzu

“I yield to no man in sympathy for the gallant men under my command; but I am obliged to sweat them tonight, so that I may save their blood tomorrow.”

Men May Blood Military Tomorrow Command Tonight Yield Sweat Obliged Gallant

Author:Stonewall Jackson

“We must make this campaign an exceedingly active one. Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength.”

Way Country Running Force Military Activity Stronger Defeat

Author:Stonewall Jackson

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