The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of operations, and (especially in democratic countries) it drew the statesman on to overstep the definite border of his sphere and interfere with his military employees in the actual use of their tools.
B. H. Liddell HartTo foster the people's willing spirit is often as important as to possess the more concrete forms of power.
B. H. Liddell HartA complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
B. H. Liddell HartThe 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.
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