The Savior Generals Quotes

“In some sense, winning against impossible odds—when most others cannot or would not try—is the only mark of a great general.”
― Victor Davis Hanson, The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq

“Prewar education, reputation, influence, and rank matter little when the enemy is gaining ground and very few know how to turn him back.”
― Victor Davis Hanson, The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq

“once in the field, “overwhelming necessity overrides all law.”
― Victor Davis Hanson, The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq

“hostile armies” were inseparable from “hostile people,”
― Victor Davis Hanson, The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq