Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: September 27, 1840 - December 1, 1914
Birthday: September 27
Death: December 1
There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrative considerations. The military man, having to do the fighting, considers that the chief necessity; the administrator equally naturally tends to think the smooth running of the machine the most admirable quality.
source: Alfred Thayer Mahan (1918). “Mahan on Naval Warfare: Selections from the Writing of Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan”
topic: Running, Military, Struggle, Military Man, Constant Struggle, Admirable Qualities, Administrative
