Curb Quote by Martin Van Creveld

“As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.” quote by Martin Van Creveld — Download Open image

“As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide.”

Martin Van Creveld

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