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... Clausewitz at the very beginning of his classical treatise On Wars : Philanthropists may think it possible that the disarmament or sub- jection of the enemy can be effected by some artificial means , without causing too many wounds ...
... Clausewitz at the very beginning of his classical treatise On Wars : Philanthropists may think it possible that the disarmament or sub- jection of the enemy can be effected by some artificial means , without causing too many wounds ...
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... Clausewitz to formulate in theory . But the second answer goes more to the root of the matter : namely , that the strength which a nation can put into the field is limited by many conditions , both material and psychological , and that ...
... Clausewitz to formulate in theory . But the second answer goes more to the root of the matter : namely , that the strength which a nation can put into the field is limited by many conditions , both material and psychological , and that ...
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... Clausewitz . With Napoleon came the nation in arms ; and the military history of the intervening years has consisted of the ever com- pleter concentration upon warlike purposes of the whole powers and resources of the great European ...
... Clausewitz . With Napoleon came the nation in arms ; and the military history of the intervening years has consisted of the ever com- pleter concentration upon warlike purposes of the whole powers and resources of the great European ...
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