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If The Enemy Is To Be Coerced, You Must Put Him In A Situation That Is Even More Unpleasant Than The Sacrifice You Call On Him To Make. The Hardships Of The Situation Must Not Be Merely Transient - At Least Not In Appearance. Otherwise, The Enemy Would Not Give In, But Would Wait For Things To Improve.

A Certain Grasp Of Military Affairs Is Vital For Those In Charge Of General Policy.

War Is A Conflict Of Great Interests Which Is Settled By Bloodshed, And Only In That Is It Different From Others.

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

I Shall Proceed From The Simple To The Complex. But In War More Than In Any Other Subject We Must Begin By Looking At The Nature Of The Whole; For Here More Than Elsewhere The Part And The Whole Must Always Be Thought Of Together.