Author: Stephen Coonts

Cites

• Sun Tzu (1)
  • IN: The Art of War (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the way to survival or extinction.
    FROM: The Art of War, (-450), Book, China
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1)
  • IN: The Disciple (2009) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: God willing, with the force of God behind it, we shall soon experience a world without the United States and Zionism.
    FROM: NULL, (2005), NULL, Iran
• Bible (1)
  • IN: The Red Horseman (1993) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword.
    FROM: Bible, Revelation 6:4, (100), Bible, NULL
• Les Aspin (1)
  • IN: The Red Horseman (1993) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The Cold War is over; the Soviet Union is no more…. In the past, we dealt with the nuclear threat from the Soviet Union through a combination of deterrence and arms control, but the new possessors of nuclear weapons may not be deterrable.
    FROM: Les Aspin, U.S. Secretary of Defense, (1993), Speech, US
• William Whiting (1)
  • IN: The Intruders (1994) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm does bind the restless wave, Who biddest the mighty ocean deep, Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee For those in peril on the sea.
    FROM: The Navy Hymn, (1860), Poem, UK
• José Marti (2)
  • IN: Cuba (1999) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I grow a white rose In July the same as January, For the sincere friend Who gives me his open hand. And for the cruel one who pulls me away from the dreams for which I live, I grow neither weeds nor thistles, I grow the white rose.
    FROM: Translated, (2005), Poem, Cuba
• Tse Tsung Mao (1)
  • IN: Hong Kong (2000) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Revolutions and revolutionary wars are inevitable in class society, and without them it is impossible to accomplish any leap in social development and to overthrow the reactionary ruling classes and therefore impossible for people to win political power … The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution. This Marxist-Leninist principle of revolution holds good universally, for China and for all other countries.
    FROM: "On Contradiction" (August1937), Selected Works, Vol. I, p. 344.*, (1937), Book, China
• NULL (2)
  • IN: Saucer: Savage Planet (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: On this small planet Orbiting a nondescript star, On the edge of a humongous galaxy Wheeling endlessly in the infinite void, The river of life flows on and on … Let it flow.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL
  • IN: Liberty's Last Stand (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The oath to be taken by the president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the United States Constitution. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
    FROM: Article II, Section 1, of the United States Constitution., (1787), NULL, US
• George Washington (1)
  • IN: Under Siege (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Government is not eloquence. It is not reason. It is a force. Like fire, a dangerous servant and a fearful master
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, US
• John Foster Dulles (1)
  • IN: Under Siege (1990) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, NULL
• Ovid (1)
  • IN: Flight of the Intruder (1986) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: All the wide sky Was there to tempt him as he steered toward heaven, Meanwhile the heat of sun struck at his back And where his wings were joined, sweet-smelling, fluid Ran hot that once was wax.
    FROM: Metamorphoses, (8), Poem, Italy
• Miyamoto Musashi (1)
  • IN: Final Flight (1988) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Confront the enemy with the tip of your sword against his face
    FROM: The Book of Five Rings, (1643), Book, Japan
• Baron Antoine Henri Jomini (1)
  • IN: The Minotaur (1989) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The means of destruction are approaching perfection with frightful rapidity.
    FROM: NULL, (1838), NULL, Switzerland