Gh Dictionary of Military Quotations-Hardbound

I bought this book for my son who is a military/history buff and is entering college next year. I just picked it up as an "extra" gift at Christmas. Never has my money been so well spent! Every trip we take, the book is with him. In the evenings, the book is on the table beside his chair and at least once or twice a week, he picks it up and reads and many times reads from it to me. He loves it and I'm so glad I bought it for him.

Greenhill has done it again, giving us a superb volume that is of immense help to researchers, historians, and history buffs. Edited by Peter Tsouras, and enlarging his original work, Warrior's Words, this exhaustive, interesting, and most useful volume gives us insight into such well-known great commanders and leaders as George Washington, Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, George Patton, and Norman Schwartzkopf, as well as lesser known professionals and masters of the art of war as Turenne, Folard, Lloyd, Belisarius, Xenophon, and Scharnhorst.The scope of the volume is immense, from earliest recorded history to the present day. Flipping through the numerous categories, such as morale, chief of staff, loyalty and myriad others, reading the recorded wisdom of those who have hefted spear and shield, sword and buckler, shield and pilum, pike and musket, and musket and bayonet on battlefields from ancient Troy to Kuwait and Iraq. Each quotation is documented and the entire volume is a thorough study of both quotations and the minds of those who spoke the words.This book is vital to the study of military history. It is logically arranged, the quotes are pertinent both to historian and today's military professionals, and is loaded with interesting information and interesting, snap-shot glimpses into the minds of the authors, sometimes revealing their character.I especially enjoyed the dedication from LtCol Tsouras, to the US Marine Corps, referring to them as the 'velociraptors in an age of sheep' and 'America's touchstone of valor.' In my opinion, he hit the nail on the proverbial head. As one who wore the Marine Corps uniform in both peace and war, my hat is off to you, LtCol Tsouras, and thanks for the compliments. That, and your excellent effort with this book, speaks volumes for your character and knowledge. Well done.If you don't own this book, you are cheating yourself of an immense opportunity and intellectual treat. We all owe LtCol Tsouras and Greenhill a very large vote of thanks.