 | Walter Robert Connor - 1984 - 284 pages
...significance of the Peloponnesian War for an understanding of the contemporary world: "I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with...the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens." And his views were widely echoed.1 For me, and I believe for many other students of the classics... | |
 | Benjamin Frankel - 1996 - 454 pages
...as George C. Marshall, should look to him for an understanding of the state of affairs then current and express to a university audience grave doubts...the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens."12 It is, indeed, easy to see why, during the cold war, one might be inclined to discern in... | |
 | David Richard McCann, Barry S. Strauss - 2001 - 420 pages
...General George C. Marshall declared in a speech delivered at Princeton University in 1947 that he doubted "whether a man can think with full wisdom and with...regarding certain of the basic international issues of today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the fall... | |
 | Martin Wight - 2002 - 324 pages
...past, with its lessons and its wisdom, with convictions which put fire in the soul. I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with...regarding certain of the basic international issues of today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the fall... | |
 | Annette Freyberg-Inan - 2004 - 278 pages
...Realismusfalle." 25. Thus, Secretary of State George Marshall could say in 1947, "I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with...his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the tall of Athens." Quoted in David Ignatius, "They Don't Make Them Like George Marshall Anymore," Washington... | |
 | Perez Zagorin - 2009 - 207 pages
...full wisdom and conviction about some of the basic international issues of the present "who has not reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens." This theme was echoed during the Cold War by an American foreign policy expert who wrote in... | |
 | Jack ULDRICH - 2005 - 257 pages
...speech Marshall gave to students at Princeton University in 1947. In his address, he said he doubted "whether a man can think with full wisdom and with deep convictions regarding . . . the basic issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian... | |
 | Michael Meckler - 2006 - 243 pages
...among his examples Marshall noted the intellectual impact and legacy of Thucydides. "I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with...the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens," Marshall said.3 Thucydides's influence continued to be reflected in the Cold War writings... | |
 | 134 pages
...violating ROEs can result in criminal proceedings. 40 Difficulty Determining an Objective I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with deep convictions regarding certain of the basic issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the... | |
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I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with deep convictions regarding certain of the basic international issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the Fall of Athens. 