Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights. I need revolutionaries.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker contrasts old-fashioned generals with needed revolutionaries.
- In plain terms
- Generals think like knights, but we need revolutionaries.
- What can you take from it?
- Revolutionaries are needed for modern war.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines a revolutionary?
- What makes war modern?
Another view
It dismisses strategic experience in favor of ideology.
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