Knowledge In War Is Very Simple, Being

Kind-hearted People Might Of Course Think There Was Some Ingenious Way To Disarm Or Defeat An Enemy Without Too Much Bloodshed, And Might Imagine This Is The True Goal Of The Art Of War. Pleasant As It Sounds; It Is A Fallacy That Must Be Exposed: War Is Such A Dangerous Business That The Mistakes Which Come From Kindness Are The Very Worst.

In War The Will Is Directed At An Animate Object That Reacts.

War Is Merely A Continuation Of Politics.

The First, The Supreme, The Most Far-reaching Act Of Judgment That The Statesman And Commander Have To Make Is To Establish ... The Kind Of War On Which They Are Embarking.

Friction Is The Only Concept That More Or Less Corresponds To The Factors That Distinguish Real War From War On Paper.