Rupert Smith > Quotes

“The old paradigm was that of interstate industrial war. The new one is the paradigm of war amongst the people – and it is the background to this book.”
― Rupert Smith, The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

“I had failed to realize that my enemy had a free, creative mind and was not thinking nor going to think like me.”
― Rupert Smith, The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

“The enemy is an adversary, an opponent, not a sitting target.”
― Rupert Smith, The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World

“And the fact these no longer suit the reality in which we live does not stop us from rearranging reality into the frameworks we know.”
― Rupert Smith, The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World