“[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy.” IfsDoeDecisionSituationAchieveMilitaryProduceBattleAimStrategyStrategicContinuationDislocation Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.” LyingForceEnemyGreaterCuttingEffectsMilitaryStrategicCutting Off Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations without prohibitive losses.” FirstsWarOrderLossAirMilitaryAbsolutesOperationsAviationRequirementsStrategicAir PowerAirpowerMilitary Aviation Author:Carl Andrew Spaatz
“To his lasting credit, President Reagan never wavered. He recognized the strategic importance of staying the course, both in terms of denying Moscow the military hegemony it sought in Western Europe and of restoring the will, cohesiveness, and security of the NATO alliance, so badly frayed during the turbulent 1970s.” CoursesPresidentTermSecurityMilitaryEuropeImportanceWesternCreditStayingLastingStrategicAlliancesNatoMoscowRestoringHegemonyWestern EuropePresident ReaganCohesiveness Author:Frank Gaffney
“These are the strategic dialectics of anti-imperialist struggle: through the defensive reactions of the system, the escalation of counterrevolution, the transformation of the political martial law into military martial law, the enemy betrays himself, becomes visible.” LawPoliticalEnemyStruggleMilitaryTransformationReactionsVisibleBetrayStrategicDialecticsEscalationMartial Law Author:Ulrike Meinhof
“In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.” IfsPresidentLeaderMilitaryWeaponsRedImportanceNuclearKingdomsOfficialsNuclear WeaponsTroopsAsiaIndonesiaCiviliansStrategicThailandTacticalMilitary LeaderLaosAmerican TroopsPresident John F Kennedy Author:Jeff Greenfield
“The Iraq War is the largest strategic blunder in U.S. history … On every level - moral, strategic, military and economic - Iraq was a failure. And it was you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who started this war. It is you who should pay the consequences.” ShouldWarLevelsPayMoralEconomicMilitaryConsequenceIraqStrategicIraq WarBlunders Author:Tomas Young
“This is a major strategic challenge affecting not only our military, but ultimately, America's leadership in the global world order, we are at a point where our national aspirations are at risk of exceeding our available resources.” WorldAmericaOrderChallengesLeadershipRiskMilitaryMajorsResourcesAvailableAspirationStrategicWorld Order Author:Martin Dempsey
“In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions. It became painfully obvious that the executive branch of our government did not trust its military. It relied instead on a neoconservative ideology developed by men and women with little, if any, military experience. Some senior military leaders did not challenge civilian decision makers at the appropriate times, and the courageous few who did take a stand were subsequently forced out of the service.” IfsMenLittlesGovernmentAmericaChallengesDecisionLeaderMilitaryMen And WomenObviousTerroristIdeologyAdministrationBranchesProportionAppropriateExecutivesCourageousMakersSeptemberSeniorHistoricCiviliansStrategicSeptember 11BlundersAftermathTerrorist AttacksDecision MakersMilitary LeaderExecutive BranchSeptember 11 2001Appropriate TimeMilitary Experience Author:Ricardo Sanchez