A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

He believed the indirect approach formed the common element in the careers of the men he studied. Griffith's Sun Tzu: the Art of War (Oxford University Press London 1963)
The Memoirs of Captain Liddell Hart: Volumes I and II (Cassell London 1965)
History of the Second World War (London Weidenfeld Nicolson 1970)
Why don't we learn from history? (Hawthorn Books New York 1971). Through his indoctrinated idealization of an ostentatious concept he reinforced the myth of Blitzkrieg.

He is credited with greatly influencing the development of armoured warfare. Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (31 October 1895 – 29 January 1970) usually known before his knighthood as Captain B.