Max Brooks Quote

Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, "oh shit". Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected "the brass" to be just champing at that bit, all that blood and guts, "hold 'em by the nose while we kick 'em in the ass" crap. I don't know who created the stereotype hard-charging, dim-witted, high school football coach of a general officer. Maybe it was Hollywood, or the civilian press, or maybe we did it to ourselves, by allowing those insipid, egocentric clowns- the MacArthurs and Halseys and Curtis E. LeMays- to define our image to the rest of the country. Point is, that's the image of those in uniform, and it couldn't be further from the truth.


World War Z


Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, oh shit. Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected the brass to be...

Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, oh shit. Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected the brass to be...

Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, oh shit. Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected the brass to be...

Attack. When I first heard that word, my gut reaction was, oh shit. Does that surprise you? Of course it does. You probably expected the brass to be...