Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe.

Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.

When people don't have an objective, there's much less dynamic effort, and that makes life a lot less interesting.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning to the end.

Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution.