In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means… — Martin Van Creveld Another Copy Share Image
We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most… — Martin Van Creveld Air Copy Share Image
The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one;… — Martin Van Creveld Acting Copy Share Image
“Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who… — Martin Van Creveld Freedom Copy Share Image
The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result… — Martin Van Creveld Afghanistan Copy Share Image
I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists… — Martin Van Creveld Assorted Copy Share Image
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those… — Martin Van Creveld Affected Copy Share Image
The combination of professionalism and technology may also result in narrow-minded specialization more suited to a debating society than to an organization… — Martin Van Creveld Combination Copy Share Image
If you are strong, and you are fighting the weak for any period of time, you are going to become weak yourself.… — Martin Van Creveld Any Copy Share Image
Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an… — Martin Van Creveld Absolutely Copy Share Image
Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing… — Martin Van Creveld Crazy Copy Share Image
The defense of the West Bank by Arab forces would be a truly suicidal enterprise. The late King Hussein understood these facts… — Martin Van Creveld Arab Copy Share Image
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent, then you are a scoundrel... if you let… — Martin Van Creveld As far as Copy Share Image
Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to… — Martin Van Creveld Armed forces Copy Share Image
Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another… — Martin Van Creveld Praise Copy Share Image
It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to… — Martin Van Creveld Goals Copy Share Image
Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its… — Martin Van Creveld Assuming Copy Share Image
If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let… — Martin Van Creveld Fighting Copy Share Image
The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a lose/lose situation.… — Martin Van Creveld Dilemma Copy Share Image
In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer. — Martin Van Creveld Past Copy Share Image
As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force… — Martin Van Creveld Curb Copy Share Image
The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. — Martin Van Creveld Problem Copy Share Image
