It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

Douglas MacArthur

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Topic

Going to war Military strategy

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

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United States

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Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Keynote address at the Republican National Convention. Republican National Convention. 7 July 1952, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, IL, USA.

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