 | Benjamin C. Bradlee - Biography & Autobiography - 1975 - 264 pages
...calls "absolutely first-class." "The first advice I'm going to give my successor," the president said, "is to watch the generals and to avoid feeling that...men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn." "They are always there with their pencils out" NOVEMBER 27, 1962 /Jim Fosburgh dined at the... | |
 | Douglas Brinkley, Richard T. Griffiths - History - 1999 - 378 pages
...quality of military advice. Kennedy's confidant Benjamin C. Bradlee quoted the president as saying, "The first advice I'm going to give my successor is to watch the generals and avoid feeling that just because they are military men their opinion on military matters is worth a... | |
 | James Charlton - Reference - 2002 - 204 pages
...tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinion. GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY The first advice I am going to give my successor is to watch the generals...men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn. JOHN F. KENNEDY He smiles with the faraway, sea-remembering smile of all desk admirals. PETER... | |
 | Sheldon M. Stern - History - 2003 - 510 pages
...stunned by LeMay 's outburst that he could only stutter in response. The President later remarked, "The first advice I'm going to give my successor is to watch the generals and to avoid feeling that because they were military men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn. "2U '2'Sergei... | |
 | Robert W. Fearn - State-sponsored terrorism - 2007 - 758 pages
...position of disparity..." - George Kennan, Director of US State Department Policy Planning Staff, 1948 "The first advice I'm going to give my successor is...men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn." -JFK "A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow More of the same.... | |
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The first advice I'm going to give my successor is to watch the generals and to avoid feeling that just because they were military men their opinions on military matters were worth a damn. 