“The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.” FactsUsedCoursesMilitaryCarElementsBritishReviewsMilitary Intelligence Author:Martin McGuinness
“There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.” PeopleMenImportantWarMatterStatesAgeDiesMilitaryConfidenceEssentialsElementsOld AgeRulersNeverthelessLackingEquipmentStarvationMilitary Equipment Author:Confucius
“In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.” HumansWarLyingPurposeTurnsMilitaryMovementPossibilityElementsOvercomingStrategySurpriseResistanceChiefsDiminishTacticsProvincesHuman Will Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of petty-bourgeois Anarchism. And the struggle against these elements cannot be waged with propaganda and agitation alone. ... The struggle must also be waged by applying force and compulsion.” ForceStruggleMilitaryDangerousElementsPropagandaFloodPettyCompulsionAnarchismBourgeoisSuppressionBourgeoisieAgitation Author:Vladimir Lenin
“There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrative considerations. The military man, having to do the fighting, considers that the chief necessity; the administrator equally naturally tends to think the smooth running of the machine the most admirable quality.” ThinkingMenHas BeensEndsRunningFightingQualityStruggleMilitaryElementsMachinesConstantMereSuperiorsChiefsConsiderationSmoothAdmirableReadinessAdministrativeAdministratorsMilitary ManConstant StruggleAdmirable Qualities Book:Mahan on Naval Warfare: Selections from the Writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan Source: Mahan on Naval Warfare: Selections from the Writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan
“The influence of Sun Tzu on other North Vietnamese military strategists is harder to answer. Certainly many of the key leaders in Hanoi were aware of Sun Tzu and made use of his ideas - Vo Nguyen Giap applied many of these ideas in seeking out weak elements in the enemy's defenses, as did Truong Chinh, whose famous treatise, The Resistance Will Win (1947), cited the ideas of Mao Zedong as a model for the North Vietnamese to follow.” MadeIdeasUseWinningAnswersLeaderEnemySunInfluenceMilitaryKeysElementsModelsWeakHarderSeekingDefenseResistanceStrategistVietnameseMaoHanoi Author:William J. Duiker