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J.E. Smith

J.E. Smith Quotes

Total quotes: 4

J.E. Smith

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Total quotes: 4

“Eisenhower was a master of the 'hidden hand.' It's how he destroyed McCarthy.”

— J.E. Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower In War And Peace

Tagged: strategy, Leadership

“No soldier could face danger or responsibility more calmly than he. These qualities are more rarely found than genius or physical courage.”

— J.E. Smith, Ulysses S. Grant, Eisenhower In War And Peace

Tagged: strategy, Leadership

“When Eisenhower entered the White House after his election, the chief usher gave him a sealed envelope.

'Never bring me a sealed envelope. That's what I have staff for.'”

— J.E. Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower In War And Peace

Tagged: strategy, Leadership

“Ike was interested in how Zhukov smashed through German minefields with so little loss of armor. It wasn't complicated, Zhukov replied. He sent the infantry through first. 'The losses we get from personal mines we consider only equal to those we would have gotten from machine guns and artillery if the Germans had chosen to defend that particular area with strong bodies of troops instead of with mine fields.' ...'Keep Nixon and Dulles around for marching through minefields' became one of Eisenhower's operating principles.”

— J.E. Smith, Eisenhower: In War and Peace

Tagged: strategy

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