The Higher Level Of Grand Strategy [is]

In Should Be The Duty Of Every Soldier To Reflect On The Experiences Of The Past, In The Endeavor To Discover Improvements, In His Particular Sphere Of Action, Which Are Practicable In The Immediate Future.

If We Clear The Air Of The Fog Of Catchwords Which Surround The Conduct Of War, And Grasp That In The Human Will Lies The Source And Mainspring Of All Conflict, As Of All Other Activities Of Man's Life, It Becomes Clear That Our Object In War Can Only Be Attained By The Subjugation Of The Opposing Will. All Acts, Such As Defeat In The Field, Propaganda, Blockade, Diplomacy, Or Attack On The Centres Of Government And Population, Are Seen To Be But Means To That End.

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

In War The Chief Incalculable Is The Human Will, Which Manifests Itself In Resistance, Which In Turn Lies In The Province Of Tactics. Strategy Has Not To Overcome Resistance, Except From Nature. Its Purpose Is To Diminish The Possibility Of Resistance, And It Seeks To Fulfil This Purpose By Exploiting The Elements Of Movement And Surprise.

The Principle Of Compulsory Service, Embodied In The System Of Conscription, Lias Been The Means By Which Modem Dictators And Military Gangs Have Shackled Their People After A Coup D'état, And Bound Them To Their Own Aggressive Purposes. In View Of The Great Service That Conscription Has Rendered To Tyranny And War, It Is Fundamentally Shortsighted For Any Liberty-loving And Peace-desiring Peoples To Maintain It As An Imagined Safeguard, Lest They Become The Victims Of The Monster They Have Helped To Preserve.