“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?
“[The loss-of-strength gradient is] the degree to which military and political power diminishes as we move a unit distance away from its home base.” HomeMovingPoliticalLossMilitaryDegreesDistanceUnitsDiminishPolitical PowerHome Base Author:Kenneth E. Boulding
“Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife.” LifeGivingImportantHelpingLostWifeShareMilitaryDegreesSightDespiteTriumphCulinaryCompanionAwardsMatesHonoraryCommendation Author:Andrew Schneider
“Those in power are blind devotees to private enterprise. They accept that degree of socialism implicit in the vast subsidies to the military-industrial-complex, but not that type of socialism which maintains public projects for the disemployed and the unemployed alike.” AcceptingMilitaryTypeDegreesProjectsBlindComplexesSocialismEnterpriseUnemployedImplicitSubsidiesDevoteeMilitary Industrial ComplexPrivate Enterprise Author:William O. Douglas
“Where the differences came in was the patina of ideology which the news media laid over everything. There's certainly a bias, to some degree, in the way the media portrays the military. I'm not saying that's entirely wrong - the Fourth Estate is there to hold generals and colonels accountable for their actions and decisions - but having reporters on the scene, reporting in real time certainly complicates things for the military mission.” WayRealActionDifferencesDecisionMediaMilitarySceneDegreesNewsMissionsIdeologyFourthBiasReportersEstatesColonelsNews Media Author:Dave Abrams
“I was trying to hold up a mirror to this country, to reflect the past years or so, and the varying degrees in which we've been affected by the war(s) that doesn't seem to end. And we've all been affected somehow, even if we have no connection to the military, even if we don't know anyone who's killed or been killed. No one escapes something so large.” IfsKnowsTryingYearsWarEndsCountrySeemsPastMilitaryDegreesConnectionsMirrorsAffected Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“More than poverty, more than degree of education, religion, access to natural resources, even degree of democracy - violence against females is the biggest indicator of whether a country will be violent in itself or be willing to use military violence against another country.” CountryUseNaturalPovertyDemocracyViolenceMilitaryWillingDegreesResourcesFemaleAccessViolentNatural ResourcesIndicators Author:Gloria Steinem