 | Gérard Chaliand - 1994 - 1126 sidor
...their ignoring of ground features, of strategic areas, of fixed directions, of fixed points. "He who commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much or as little of the war as he will": he who commands the desert is equally fortunate. Camel raiding-parties,... | |
 | Peter L. Hays, Brenda J. Vallance, Alan R. Van Tassell - 1997 - 628 sidor
...offer gratification without commitment. Francis Bacon wrote of command of the sea that he who has it "is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the Warre as he will." A similar belief accounts for airpower's attractiveness to those who favor modest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1998 - 340 sidor
...been final* to the war; but this is when princes or states have set up their rest76 upon the battles. But thus much is certain, that he that commands the...and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.77 Whereas those that be strongest ** The idea that peace is dangerous to a country, bringing... | |
 | 1907 - 774 sidor
...republic, both by land and sea, is very significant. Venice early realised the force of Bacon's maxim " that he that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of war as he will." Power at sea was necessary to provide security for her commerce. In early times she... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 2000 - 126 sidor
...offer gratification without commitment. Francis Bacon wrote of command of the sea that he who has it "is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the Warre as he will," and a similar belief accounts for air power's attractiveness to those who favor... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2000 - 470 sidor
...Princes or States, have set up their Rest, upon the Battailes. But thus much is certaine; That hee that Commands the Sea, is at great liberty, and may take as much, and as little of the Warre, as he will. Whereas those, that be strongest by land, are many times neverthelesse in great... | |
 | Howard B. White - 1968 - 286 sidor
...the need to master the sea with a parallel passage in Plato. "He that commands the sea," says Bacon, "is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will." "Marines," says Plato, "are habituated to jumping ashore frequently and running back at full speed... | |
 | Azar Gat - 2001 - 916 sidor
...limited involvement in a total continental war.133 This was the principle apprehended by Francis Bacon: 'He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as little of the war as he will, whereas those that be strongest by land are many times nevertheless in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 sidor
...been final0 to the war; but this is when princes or states have set up their rest0 upon the battles. But thus much is certain, that he that commands the...sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little0 of the war as he will. Whereas those that be strongest by land are many times nevertheless... | |
 | Martin Wight - 2002 - 324 sidor
...Asian waters. 'He that commands the sea', wrote Bacon, reflecting on the Elizabethan war with Spain, 'is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will. Whereas those that be strongest by land are many times, nevertheless, in great straits.'4 2. 'It is likely... | |
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But thus much is certain; that he that commands the sea is at great liberty, and may take as much and as little of the war as he will; whereas those that be strongest by land are many times nevertheless in great straits. 
