B. H. Liddell Hart Quotes About Enemies

• In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Enemy, Purpose

• Los comandantes que más éxito han tenido, cuando se han enfrentado a un enemigo en una posición que era fuerte natural o materialmente, casi nunca lo han abordado de forma directa. Y cuando, bajo la presión de las circunstancias, se han arriesgado a un ataque directo, el resultado ha sido comúnmente manchar su historial con un fracaso.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Strong, Military, Successful

• It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Militar, Lucha, Pensamiento

• While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Taken, Order

  B.H. Liddell Hart (2013). “Foch - The Man Of Orleans”, p.367, Read Books Ltd

• In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, War, Law

• Las fuerzas aéreas ofrecían la posibilidad de atacar los centros económicos y morales del enemigo sin tener que lograr primero "la destrucción de las principales fuerzas del enemigo en el campo de batalla". El poder aéreo podía alcanzar un fin directo por medios indirectos, saltando por encima de la oposición en lugar de derrocarla.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Militar, Medio, Aire

• Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Enemy, Allies

• Cuanto más cerca se encuentre el punto de corte de la fuerza principal del enemigo, más inmediato será el efecto; mientras que cuanto más cerca de la base estratégica tenga lugar, mayor será el efecto.

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Military, Lying, Cutting

• The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Art, Real, War

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