“In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything right at the moment to earn that respect. This is pretty nice. It's also a psychological trap that can stop one's growth and allow one to get away with just plain bad behavior.” DoneMomentsGrowthNiceMilitaryExerciseBehaviorPsychologicalGet AwayChestsTrapsMedalBad Behavior Book:What It Is Like To Go To War Source: What It Is Like To Go To War
“For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.” IfsMayLosesLinesStudyMilitaryBalanceApproachAspectSightStrategyResistancePsychologicalAppealsOpponentsIndirectObviousness Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“And I think that it's - the military has actually made improvements, so people are considering post-traumatic stress disorder as, at the least, a possible psychological problem. You know, when I was in Vietnam, it was just considered malingering. And we're making progress.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeProblemProgressMilitaryStressImprovementPsychologicalPostsDisorderVietnamConsideringPost Traumatic Stress DisorderPsychological Problems Author:Karl Marlantes
“Any brief military advantage the USA might gain with nuclear weapons would be offset by political and psychological losses and damage to American prestige. The United States might even touch off a worldwide armaments race.” StatesMightWould BePoliticalLossUnitedRaceUnited StatesMilitaryWeaponsGainsAdvantageNuclearPsychologicalUsaDamageNuclear WeaponsPrestigeArmament Author:Albert Einstein
“The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.” IfsMayWarStatesPoliticalFightingProcessMilitaryIslamBelieverDoctrinePsychologicalPermanentCreedsWarfareJihadUniversalism Author:Majid Khadduri
“I would hazard the statement that in the broad sense [Ho Chi Minh's] ideas had triumphed, since the communist victory in Vietnam was a consequence of political, diplomatic, and psychological factors more than military ones. That is a tribute to the ideas that he introduced in his life and thought.” IdeasPoliticalMilitaryVictoryConsequenceStatementsPsychologicalFactorsBroadsCommunistVietnamTributeHazardsDiplomatic Author:William J. Duiker