Book

The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War

(5 total)

Characters

Major Ran Ronen (2)Steven Pressfield (1)Ugda Sharon (1)Talik (1)

“Why do we train? To perfect our flying skills, yes. But far more important, we practice to elevate our threshold of emotional detachment, to inculcate that state of preparedness and equilibrium that enables a pilot to function effectively under conditions of peril, urgency, and confusion.”

— Major Ran Ronen, amazon.com

Tagged: Obstacles

“One thing must take place exactly as in the plans: the principle upon which these plans were made. Every man will attack.”

— Talik, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“A commander may keep complicated schemes of battle in his head and among his staff, but when the orders reach the operational units, they must be so simple that a child can understand them. 'Go here, do this.' Nothing more complex.”

— Ugda Sharon, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“A fighter pilot accelerating down the runway on an operational mission must keep foremost in his mind one reality: At some point before his wheels touch down again, something is certain to go wrong. Will he have engine failure? Will an unseen enemy appear? Will another plane in his formation experie…”

— Major Ran Ronen, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“Complexity at the top, simplicity at the bottom.”

— Steven Pressfield, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy