Books Flashcards
Strategy: What are the two types of approaches? And what is the most effective :Strategy by Liddel Hart
Direct & Indirect(Most effective)
During Normandy frontline, what was the Germany made up off? : Citizen Soldiers
Loyal german nations but also made up of ethnicities from all of the conquered german empire(Mongols, Russians, Koreans ect)
During Normandy, what was Rommel trying to do? : Citizen Soldiers
Ask Hitler to surrender. He believed that winning by Military means was impossible
How were units of the German Army set up? What was the purpose: Citizen Soldiers
Units would be made up of men from the same town/area that already knew each other with the purpose of greatening unit cohesion
“The most dangerous, life threatening parts of our lives tend to be the greatest parts of our lives”
Adventure and risk are important part of living a worthy life: Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
” A women doesnt want to be the adventure, she wants to be caught up in something greater than herself”
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“Without a great battle which a man can live or die, the fierce part of his nature goes underground and sort of simmers in sullen anger for no apparent reason” “Men are angry but dont really
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“The deepest fear of everyman: To be exposed , found out, to be discovered as a imposter”
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“Honestly, how do you see yourself as a man? What words would you use? do you have the courage to ask those you love what they think of you as a man? What words would you be afraid they will say?”
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Are you Maximus? Or Commodus?
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
If a neighbourhood is safe its because of the strength of men. Thermopylae , slavery, the Nazis, all stopped by the strength of men.
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“If he has given her the power to validate him as a man, then he has given her the power to invalidate him:
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“God thwarts us to save us”
:Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“What does it mean when a man falls in love with the radiate face across the room? It means that he has some soul work to do, his soul work to do. Instead of pursuing the women and trying to get her alone, he needs to go alone himself, perhaps to a mountain cabin for three months, write poetry, cannon down a river and dream.
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“Sometimes she will leave. If she has to go, it is probably because you have some soul work to do”
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“Doubt in ones mind about who they are is the work of The Enemy. He is creating this doubt to stop you from becoming the warrior that will fight against him in the battles against evil”
The Enemy= The devil(Evil): Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
“Watching coal miners at work, you realise what different universes people inhabit”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“However much you like them, however interesting you find their conversation, there is always that accursed itch of class difference, like the pea under the princess’s mattress”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“I liked them & I hoped they liked me but I was among them as a foreigner, & we both knew it”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“The miner is the type that wants communism in order to be better of in life( Higher wages, living conditions ect). The middle class Marxist however, wants communism to bring down the bourgeois “
Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
What does Orwell believe the true motive of the ‘intellectual socialist’?
He believes what these men actually want is order. The world is too messy as it is and they want to reduce the world something that resembles a chessboard :Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“They believe that poverty, and what is more, the habits of mind created by poverty are something that needs to be abolished from above by violence if necessary, perhaps even preferably by violence”
Orwell on the ‘intellectual socialist’ :Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“The truth is that, too many people calling themselves socialists, revolution doesnt mean movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves, it means a set of reforms which ‘we’ the ‘clever ones’, are going to impose upon ‘them’, the towers orders.
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“It is strange how easily almost any socialist can lesh himself into frenzies of rage against the class to which, by birth or adoption, he himself invariably belongs”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
When you have a middle class man that has had zero interaction with the working class, uttering venomous screams of those of equal & above in status. Why? is this nothing by pure hatred?
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
In a world of zero difficulties, how can we be good?
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“He is perfectly ready to accept the products of Empire and to save his soul by sneering at the people who hold the Empire together”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
“The fact that has got to be faced is that to abolish class distinctions means abolishing a part of yourself. Here am I, a typical member of the middle class. It is easy for me to say that I want to get rid of class distinctions, but nearly everything I think and do is a result of class distinctions. All my notions —notions of good and evil, of pleasant and unpleasant, of funny and serious, of ugly and beautiful—are essentially middle-class notions; my taste in books and food and clothes, my sense of honour, my table manners, my turns of speech, my accent, even the characteristic movements of my body, are the products of a special kind of upbringing and a special niche about half-way up the social hierarchy.”
:Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
What army was Patton in charge of
Third Army
What was a criticism of the USA Army reinforcement strategy?
Men would replace people that were killed and were immediately put into the role of the deceased. This meant that they had no build up of experience and veterans of units were essentially told to train them on the job. This lead to very high rates of casualties amount new replacements because to survive on the front, you need experience of the front. Some veterans didn’t even want to talk to the replacements because they knew they would die soon
How did the US Army get through the hedgerow difficulties?
Initiative and creativity of its men. The men experimented with ways to get through the challenge. Leaders encouraged initiative. Like Sam in Once an Eagle, show initiative and be daring.
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, what is the first task that a strategic leader must understand?
Understand the strategic position of the conflict and craft the appropriate response to that situation
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, what is the second task that a strategic leader must understand?
They must effectively communicate the appropriate strategic response to all of their stakeholders
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, what is the third task that a strategic leader must understand?
They need to oversee the implementation of the appropriate strategic response and excute the plan relentlessly
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, what is the finaltask that a strategic leader must understand?
They need to how the appropriate strategic response needs to be refined, adapted and augmented so they can perform the first three tasks again
“War tends to be as ___ __ _______ but _____ __ _ _____ invention
“War tends to be as old as mankind but peace is a modern invention
Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, What is said to be the advantage of being a totalitarian leader?
They can truely undertake a suprise attack, because they dont need the winning over of politicians or the public
In the book Conflict by Gen Petraeus and Andrew Roberts, what were the affects of the western governments appeasement of Hitler?
It meant that governments had the thought that appeasement wasn’t an option, as it would almost definitely lead to a greater conflict in the future. Thus, governments would take immediate, aggressive approach to hostilities