Posted by Adam Quinan on January 08, 2009 at 15:32:39 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: SA and SW posted by Andy on January 08, 2009 at 08:07:15:
I am still wondering what the "well-known book" is that John remembered and gave him this maxim.
"In naval warfare," said John, remembering a well- known book, "two things are important; to know exactly what you want to do and to do it in the way they least expect"
Google Book search doesn't help.