The Quotable Soldier

By: Lamar Underwood

Book Overview

"The book provides familiar and not-so-familiar sayings that capture the chaos, challenges, and sacrifices of war."--Army magazine The Quotable Soldier is a rich and balanced collection of the best... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585740276
• ISBN13: 9781585740277
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

A fine collection of quotes about soldiering

Julius Caesar, Churchill, Grant and others are among the famous military names quoted in this literary collection, which provides some of the best quotes on the topic of war and soldiers. A fine collection of quotes about soldiering and the military experience makes for a recommended title for general interest audiences.

Great Assortment of General Military/Naval Quotes

This book presented in enjoyable fashion a dazzling array of military quotes that include everything from ancient Greek philosophers to Schwarzkopf and modern day military leaders. The sheer number of quotes presentedin the book gave a plethora of intresting views and observations from hundreds of different sources on tons of varying categories. It is this fact that makes this book so valuable to anyone, even if you to simply sit down and scan over the book for a few moments of entertainment.The quotes we're divided by category, such as "Under Fire" quotes of "Uncommon Valor" quotes, which really helps in seperating them in case you are looking for a quote that profoundly emphasizes a certain emotion of idea dealing with a particular problem or situation.That all may seem like a lot of rambling, so to sum it up, this a superb, diverse, intriuging, entertaining and valuable collection of military quotes that are in the utmost intrest of anyone who may have been in any country's service or who simply has an intrest in military heritage or the art of war, or is just searching for good, general quotes.