I heard a quote some time ago about how you can tell the difference between a novice general and a veteran general because a novice discusses tactics and a veteran discusses logistics. I thought it was by Napolean but I never found it. Any ideas?

Hi Diplomatic, and welcome to the forum!

I tried to find some info about this quote before, but it's hard to find who said it first..

You can check out this thread for some more info: http://www.military-quotes.com/forum...hlight=tactics

A novice general has no idea how to manage large units. they think war is all about blowing things up. That's only 25% of what war is really about. War to a veteran general is about smarts and how to use what you have to its maximum advantage. The idaea of intel is powerful, but knowing how to use it against an enemy takes skill and smarts.

I think this doesn't apply to most Western generals in the modern day.