Decision at Sea Quotes

“It is a measure of Spanish fatalism that the decisive argument in this discussion was that the water in Manila Bay was shallower than it was at Subic”
― Craig L. Symonds, Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

“It is one of the many ironies of history that the South’s decision to secede and fight a war of independence generated far more sweeping changes in southern society and culture and was far more destructive of “State rights” than would have been the case if southerners had simply acquiesced to Lincoln’s election.”
― Craig L. Symonds, Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History

“handled a twin-barreled .30-caliber machine”
― Craig L. Symonds, Decision at Sea: Five Naval Battles that Shaped American History