[PW] ? Source of a Gen. Omar Bradley Quotation

[Newton Steve (DOS)]

This page:

http://www.dt.navy.mil/code20/code28.html

>From the Naval Sea Systems Command attributes the quotation to former
General R.H. Barrows 
Commandant, USMC.  It doesn't give a source.  What a surprise.

Steve Newton
Delaware Division of Libraries 

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"various"

... also attributed specifically to Field Marshall Sir Archibald
Percival Wavell. If so, perhaps found in GENERALS AND GENERALSHIP,
1941?

The Air Force Logistics Management Agency quote collection for the Air
Force Logistician attributes it to "anonymous."

<http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/Quotes%20for%20the%20Air%20Force%20Logis
tician.pdf>

On 4/10/07, Thornlow, Bruce <Thornlowb at ndu.edu> wrote:
> Hello -
> I'm seeking the exact source for the following quotation: "Amateurs
talk
> strategy, professionals talk logistics".
>
> Although it has been generally attributed to Gen. Omar Bradley, I
cannot
> find the original source.
>
> Now, I'm suspicious that he even said it at all, because I located a
> statement by Gen. Lord Wavell that is strikingly similar.  In an
article
> titled: The General is a Front-line Man"; NY Times dated May 21, 1944,
> Gen. Wavell is attributed as saying "that the real difference between
> the amateur and the professional strategist is that the latter
> understands the problems of supplies and logistics, and thus knows
what
> is possible and impossible."
>
> Therefore, I'm asking, can anyone locate a an original source for the
> quote attributed to Bradley?
>
> Thank you in advance,
> Bruce
> thornlowb at ndu.edu



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