Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.
The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people.
A nation's ability to fight a modern war is as good as its technological ability.
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.
So much destruction in modern war takes place miles and miles away from the source of the destruction, the human being who has caused it.
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.