B.H. Liddell Hart
Born
in Paris, France
October 31, 1895
Died
January 29, 1970
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Strategy
41 editions
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published
1941
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Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon
by
31 editions
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published
1926
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History of the Second World War
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40 editions
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published
1968
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The German Generals Talk
20 editions
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published
1948
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Why Don't We Learn from History?
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8 editions
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published
1944
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Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American
10 editions
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published
1928
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The Real War 1914-1918
22 editions
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published
1930
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Lawrence of Arabia
10 editions
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published
1934
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The Other Side of the Hill
21 editions
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published
1948
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Great Captains Unveiled
5 editions
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published
1928
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“Loyalty is a noble quality, so long as it is not blind and does not exclude the higher loyalty to truth and decency.”
― Why Don't We Learn from History?
― Why Don't We Learn from History?
“The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to the screen of the future.”
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“Among men who rise to fame and leadership two types are recognizable-those who are born with a belief in themselves and those in whom it is a slow growth dependent on actual achievement. To men of the last type their own success is a constant surprise, and its fruits the more delicious, yet to be tested cautiously with a haunting sense of doubt whether it is not all a dream. In that doubt lies true modesty, not the sham of insincere self-depreciation but the modesty of "moderation," in the Greek sense. It”
― Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American
― Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American