For My Country's Freedom, Cap 15 "Trick for Trick"
Douglas Reeman: Frases en inglés
“A few lives to save the many is any captain's rule.”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 14 "The Toast is Victory!"
Contexto: ‘ I am telling you you must not care, sir. The three men died, but they helped to give us a small advance knowledge which we may use against the enemy. At the conference tomorrow they would all answer the same. A few lives to save the many is any captain's rule.’
“He sees no faces, hears no pitiful cries which will never be answered, only flags, pins on maps.”
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 15 "Trick for Trick"
Contexto: ‘ A general will say, "Order the 87th to advance." And if they are not enough or are hacked down, he will send in another regiment. He sees no faces, hears no pitiful cries which will never be answered, only flags, pins on maps.’
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 4 "Royal Command"
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 12 "The Flag Commands"
“Wars were not made by young men, he thought, yet they had to fight them.”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 14 "The Toast is Victory!"
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 10 "For the Admiral's Lady"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 6 "Cross of St George"
“You know how sailors love to create mystery where there is none.”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 2 "No Looking Back"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 7 "Like a Troubled Sea"
“…the American's upper yards and punctured sails rose above the fog of gunfire like a cliff.”
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 11 "Like Father, Like Son"
“Routine and discipline. It held the ship together no less securely than copper and tar.”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 11 "So Little Time"
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 7 "The Secret"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 11 "Like Father, Like Son"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 17 "And For What?"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 17 "And For What?"
“Each gun-captain was a king, every breech a small demanding kingdom.”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 5 "The Stuff of Battle"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 5 "Indomitable"
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 14 "The Toast is Victory!"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 8 "Dreams"
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 3 "Return of a Veteran"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 5 "Indomitable"
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 16 "The Strength of a Ship"
“Damnation on doubt. It kills more good sailors than round shot!”
A Tradition of Victory, Cap 15 "An Impudent Gesture"
“God and the navy we adore, when danger threatens but not before!”
For My Country's Freedom, Cap 10 "Deception"