Christopher Vokes

"I looked for certain attributes in a soldier. I know the modern method is to put the attributes into a computer and see what comes out. But as far as I am concerned, the computer is the worst damn ins…"

"Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them."

"I reckon that the Bailey Bridge and the bulldozer were the greatest advances in military engineering in the years between World War I and World War II."

"Perhaps if Hitler had had the wisdom to withdraw his troops and prepare for the defense of his own country, Germany, despite the loss of face this would entail in the losing of all Italy, then the cou…"

"Some more of Monty's boys came up, soon after Malone had left but they, too, spent their time getting shelled by the ever-persistent Germans. Likewise, they departed, their minds expanded and their sp…"

"I was not going to go to bed forever with his unwarranted death on my conscience."

"The meek are a hell of a long way from inheriting the earth."

"Command is often not what you do but the way you do it."