Quotes by Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.

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The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

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The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily be to enter into a melee with equal forces, in which all these advantages will be thrown away, chance reign supreme, and his fleet be place on terms of equality with an assemblage of ships which have never before acted together.

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There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrative considerations. The military man, having to do the fighting, considers that the chief necessity; the administrator equally naturally tends to think the smooth running of the machine the most admirable quality.

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Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

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Quotes by Alfred Thayer Mahan

Alfred Thayer Mahan

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

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