“The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.” MenWayImportantSecretMilitaryProduceTortureCustomsWorthwhileBeaten Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“According to true military art, one should never push one's enemy to the point of despair, because such a state multiplies his strength and increases his courage which had already been crushed and failing, and because there is no better remedy for the health of beaten and overwhelmed men than the absence of all hope.” MenShouldArtWarStatesEnemyFailingMilitaryDespairIncreaseAbsenceRemedyBeatenOverwhelmedCrushed Author:Francois Rabelais
“What it targets is not something that's really looked at a lot in terms of the war. This is stuff that's off the beaten path in terms of what we think of every time you start a Civil War history or a Civil War presentation. It's usually about the military and the soldiers and all that stuff. And this is not. It's the backdrop to a place and a time and circumstances that didn't have anything to do with that.” ThinkingWarStuffTermPathMilitaryCircumstancesSoldierCivil WarTargetBeatenPresentationBackdropBeaten PathOff The Beaten Path Author:Gary Cole