The Blurring Of The Line Between Policy

Loss Of Hope Rather Than Loss Of Life Is What Decides The Issues Of War. But Helplessness Induces Hopelessness.

Direct Experience Is Inherently Too Limited To Form An Adequate Foundation Either For Theory Or For Application. At The Best It Produces An Atmosphere That Is Of Value In Drying And Hardening The Structure Of Thought. The Greater Value Of Indirect Experience Lies In Its Greater Variety And Extent. History Is Universal Experience, The Experience Not Of Another, But Of Many Others Under Manifold Conditions.

As Has Happened So Often In History, Victory Had Bred A Complacency And Fostered An Orthodoxy Which Led To Defeat In The Next War.

Guerrilla War Is A Kind Of War Waged By The Few But Dependent On The Support Of Many.

The Predominance Of Moral Factors In All Military Decisions. On Them Constantly Turns The Issue Of War And Battle. In The History Of War They Form The More Constant Factors, Changing Only In Degree, Whereas The Physical Factors Are Different In Almost Every War And Every Military Situation.