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For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may…

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...regrettable as it may seem to the idealist, the experience of history provides little warrant for the belief that real progress, and…
The hydrogen bomb is not the answer to the Western peoples' dream of full and final insurance of their security ... While…
The implied threat of using nuclear weapons to curb guerrillas was as absurd as to talk of using a sledge hammer to…
The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to…
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in…
A modern state is such a complex and interdependent fabric that it offers a target highly sensitive to a sudden and overwhelming…
The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to…
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs…
The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
Direct experience is inherently too limited to form an adequate foundation either for theory or for application. At the best it produces…
In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
The most effective indirect approach is one that lures or startles the opponent into a false move - so that, as in…

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