“It should be the aim of grand strategy to discover and pierce the Achilles' heel of the opposing government's power to make war. Strategy, in turn, should seek to penetrate a joint in the harness of the opposing forces. To apply one's strength where the opponent is strong weakens oneself disproportionately to the effect attained. To strike with strong effect, one must strike at weakness.” ShouldWarGovernmentTurnsStrongForceEffectsMilitaryWeaknessAimStrategyOneselfStrikesOpponentsHeelsJointsPenetrateOpposingPierceHarnessAchillesWar StrategyAchilles Heel Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“We`re facing a very different sort of threat now, a more amorphous threat, al Qaeda, terrorism, and so on. And so the military has abandoned the two-war strategy.” TwoDifferentWarMilitaryStrategyThreatTerrorismAlsAbandonedAl QaedaWar Strategy Author:Joe Klein
“The two-war strategy is just a marketing device to justify a high [military] budget.” TwoWarMilitaryStrategyMarketingBudgetsJustifyDevicesWar StrategyMilitary Budget Author:Merrill McPeak