Douglas Reeman citations

Douglas Reeman est un écrivain britannique.

Il a publié nombre de ses œuvres sous le pseudonyme d'Alexander Kent.

✵ 15. octobre 1924 – 23. janvier 2017
Douglas Reeman: 40 citations0 J'aime

Douglas Reeman: Citations en anglais

“A few lives to save the many is any captain's rule.”

Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 14 "The Toast is Victory!"
Contexte: ‘ I am telling you you must not care, sir. The three men died, but they helped to give us a small advance knowledge which we may use against the enemy. At the conference tomorrow they would all answer the same. A few lives to save the many is any captain's rule.’

“He sees no faces, hears no pitiful cries which will never be answered, only flags, pins on maps.”

Douglas Reeman

For My Country's Freedom, Cap 15 "Trick for Trick"
Contexte: ‘ A general will say, "Order the 87th to advance." And if they are not enough or are hacked down, he will send in another regiment. He sees no faces, hears no pitiful cries which will never be answered, only flags, pins on maps.’

“Even in war it is necessary to love another.”

Douglas Reeman

For My Country's Freedom, Cap 17 "And For What?"

“Wars were not made by young men, he thought, yet they had to fight them.”

Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 14 "The Toast is Victory!"

“You know how sailors love to create mystery where there is none.”

Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 2 "No Looking Back"

“…the American's upper yards and punctured sails rose above the fog of gunfire like a cliff.”

Douglas Reeman

For My Country's Freedom, Cap 11 "Like Father, Like Son"

“Each gun-captain was a king, every breech a small demanding kingdom.”

Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 5 "The Stuff of Battle"

“Damnation on doubt. It kills more good sailors than round shot!”

Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 15 "An Impudent Gesture"

“God and the navy we adore, when danger threatens but not before!”

Douglas Reeman

For My Country's Freedom, Cap 10 "Deception"

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