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Steven Heller • Design Literacy: Understanding Graphic Design
The lieutenant said, ‘Have you seen enough?’ speaking savagely, almost as though I had been responsible for these deaths. Perhaps to the soldier the civilian is the man who employs him to kill, who includes the guilt of murder in the pay-envelope and escapes responsibility.
Graham Greene • The Quiet American
when the United States entered World War II, US Army chief of staff General George C. Marshall dismissed three-quarters of division and corps commanders and five hundred colonels during the course of the four-year conflict.8 However, by the time President Johnson was the commander in chief, the careful promotion system of Secretary of Defense
... See moreTim Kane • Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It's Time for a Revolution
To be sure, Hawaiian men were also recruited for military combat;
Adria L. Imada • Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire
Where the two sides are too evenly matched to offer a reasonable chance of early success to either, the statesman is wise who can learn something from the psychology of strategy. It is an elementary principle of strategy that, if you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat—as the quickest way
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