The sayings and thoughts of great generals in this book form a single science of military art, a unique code of soldier and officer honor, glorifying heroism, love and devotion to their Fatherland, and at the same time discovering the secrets of military skill, priceless to this day. Thousands of years later — from the Persian king Cyrus, the Chinese sage Sun Tzu, Hun Atilla and Alexander the Great, through Alexander Nevsky, Suvorov, Kutuzov to our contemporaries Charles de Gaulle and Georgy Zhukov — dozens of destinies and hundreds of phrases, a Book of Military Wisdom is being written, revealing to us the greatness of people who are able to win battles, expand the borders of the Motherland and defend its territories from enemies. The life and wisdom of twenty-five of the greatest generals of all time will appear before us in the form of their most important aphorisms and quotations. This is the best gift for every present or future defender of the Motherland.