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Nov 7, 2009, 4:48:03 PM11/7/09
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“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that
the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test
the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for,
nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature.”ii
the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test
the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for,
nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature.”ii
von Clausewitz, Carl ; On War; edited and translated by Michael Howard
and Peter Paret; Princeton University Press; Princeton, New Jersey,
1976, page 76.
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