War Is The Province Of Danger.

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

By 'intelligence' We Mean Every Sort Of Information About The Enemy And His Country - The Basis, In Short, Of Our Own Plans And Operations.

War Therefore Is An Act Of Violence To Compel Our Opponent To Fulfill Our Will.

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.

War Should Never Be Thought Of As Something Autonomous, But Always As An Instrument Of Policy.