title: Warriors' Words: A Dictionary of Military Quotations
author:  Peter G. Tsouras 
description: This reference covers nearly 4000 years of military words of wisdom, ranging from Sesostris III to Norman Schwarzkopf, on topics ranging from ability and bureaucracy to weather and youth. It should be of interest to writers, speakers, historians and serving officers. m
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  USE OF WEAPONS
  IAIN M. BANKS
  Published: 1990. ISBN: 1 85723 135 X
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  'Slight Mechanical Destruction'
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  Prologue
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  1. The Good Soldier
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  One
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  XIII
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  Two
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  XII
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  Three
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  XI
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  Four
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  X
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  Five
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  2. An Outing
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  IX
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  Six
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  VIII
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  Seven
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  VII
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  Eight
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  VI
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  Nine
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  V
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  3. Remembrance
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  Ten
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  IV
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  Eleven
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  III
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  Twelve
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  II
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  Thirteen
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  I
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  Fourteen
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  Epilogue
  ·
  Zakalwe's Song
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  (States of War)
  For Mic.
  Acknowledgement
  I blame Ken MacLeod for the whole thing. It was his idea to argue the old
  warrior out of retirement, and he suggested the fitness program, too.
  'Slight Mechanical Destruction'
  Zakalwe enfranchised;
  Those lazy curls of smoke above the city,
  Black wormholes in the air of noontime's bright Ground Zero.
  Did they