A General Who Allows Himself To Be

In War More Than Anywhere Else In The World Things Happen Differently To What We Had Expected, And Look Differently When Near, To What They Did At A Distance.

Only The Element Of Chance Is Needed To Make War A Gamble, And That Element Is Never Absent.

In Short, Absolute, So-called Mathematical, Factors Never Find A Firm Basis In Military Calculations. From The Very Start, There Is An Interplay Of Possibilities, Probabilities, Good Luck And Bad, That Weaves Its Way Throughout The Length And Breadth Of The Tapestry. In The Whole Range Of Human Activities, War Most Closely Resembles A Game Of Cards.

War Is Not An Exercise Of The Will Directed At An Inanimate Matter.

War Is Merely A Continuation Of Politics.