

“four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 21/2-ton truck, and the C-47 airplane. Curiously enough, none of these is designed for combat.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II

“We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.”
―
―

“Morale is the greatest single factor in successful war. Endurable comparisons with the enemy in other essential factors—leadership, discipline, technique, numbers, equipment, mobility, supply, and maintenance—are prerequisite to the existence of morale. It breeds most readily upon success; but under good leaders it will be maintained among troops even during extended periods of adversity.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II

“Nothing creates trouble between allies so often or so easily as unnecessary talk—particularly when it belittles one of them. A family squabble is always exaggerated beyond its true importance.”
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II
― Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II

“If you can choose joy over jealousy, happiness over hate, love over resentment, positivity over negativity, then you have the tools to make the best of any situation, even one that feels like failure.”
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
― Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Jedidiah’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jedidiah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Jedidiah hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.
Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Biography, Book Club, Business, Classics, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Politics, Psychology, Romance, Science, Self help, War, literature, short-stories, essays, sociology, novels, economics, political-science, historical, education, textbooks, light-novel, creative nonfiction, new journalism, literary nonfiction, literary journalism, narrative journalism, journalism, short-story-collection, psychiatry, social-science, autobiography, feminism, modern-classics, dystopia, personal-development, society, leadership, military-history, social-issues, health, fitness, drama, mixed-martial-arts, international-relations, reference, trivia, and research
Polls voted on by Jedidiah
Lists liked by Jedidiah