p.314 Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct
with the times.
Niccolo Machiavelli: Discorsi, ix, 3, 1531
p.316 The enemy must not know where I intend to give battle. For if he does
not know where I intend to give battle, he must prepare in a great many places... And when he prepares everywhere he will
be weak everywhere.
Sun Tzu, 400-320 B.C., the Art of War, vi
p.317 War is composed of nothing but surprises. While a
general should adhere to basic principles, he should never miss an opportunity to profit by such surprises.
Napoleon I: Maxims of War, 1831
p.317 Movement generates surprise, and surprise gives impetus to
movement.
B.H. Liddell Hart: Article, "Strategy." Encyclodaedia Britannica, 1929 edition
p.317 War is the realm of the unexpected.
B.H. Liddell Hart: Defense of the West, 1950
p.317 Human experience largely consists of surprises
Superseding surmises.
Ogden Nash, 1902-, It Would Have Been Quicker to Walk
p.318 One sword keeps another in its sheath.
George Herbert: Outlandish Proverbs 1640
p.358 Wisdom is better than weapons of war.
Ecclesiastes, IX, 18
p.358 The instruments of battle are valuable only if one knows how to use them.
Ardant du Picq, d. 1870, Battle Studies
p.358 we must plan our weapons to fight war where, when, and how the enemy chooses.
Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy, USN, 1895-1956
p.358 There is still one absolute weapon... That weapon is man himself.
General Matthew B. Ridgway, USA: Speech at Cleveland, 10 November 1953
