"I prefer to profit by others' experience." p. 3

"Thus Fabius, by his immunity from defeat, thwarted the effect of Hannibal's previous victories upon the minds of Rome's Italian allies and checked them from changing sides." p. 27

"In the realm of strategy our survey of the Middle Ages may well close with Edward IV, who in 1461 gained his throne, and in 1471 regained it, after being in exile, by his exceptional use of mobility." p. 60

"In 1471 there was more subtlety and no less mobility in Edward's strategy. He had lost his throne in the interval; but with a loan of 50,000 crowns from his brother-in-law, 1,200 followers, and some promissory notes of assistance from his former supporters in England, he attempted to retrieve his fortune." p. 60

"The War of the Spanish Succession (1701 - 1713) is remarkable for its curiously dual nature." p. 74

"In the physical and moral effect of this deceptive direction lies...