"Except when war is waged in a desert,……" — Martin Van Creveld
"Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected."
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Martin Van Creveld
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24 Quotes by Martin Van Creveld
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Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the…
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The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a…
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We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at…
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War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.
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Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're…
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A world without war is not in the cards.
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As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such…
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It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in…
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Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion…
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The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.
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Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live…
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If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if…
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