Naval Surface Warfare

Famous quotes containing the words naval, surface and/or warfare:

    “The world was a huge ball then, the universe a might harmony of ellipses, everything moved mysteriously, incalculable distances through the ether.
    We used to feel the awe of the distant stars upon us. All that led to was the eighty-eight naval guns, ersatz, and the night air-raids over cities. A magnificent spectacle.
    After the collapse of the socialist dream, I came to America.”
    —John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    “These wonderful things
    Were planted on the surface of a round mind that was to become our present time.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Insurrection—by means of guerrilla bands—is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign yoke ... It is invincible, indestructible.”
    —Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)