One presidential advisor to another: "If the world made sense, we'd all have to find honest work.
The assistant commander at any post is supposed to be a ruthless son of a bitch.
So few people were left who knew what combat was like. People were so easy to frighten. Combat taught a man what to fear – and what to ignore.
Clancy comments that the subtleties of national character can impact the world stage by making espionage more difficult. Americans were quirky by nature, making the sorts of eccentric moves that had to be followed up on as potential espionage cues. R...
Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.
