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... logical utiliza- tion of the still largely neglected resources of mechanical and chemical science ; they were compelled to take up every device that offered , however costly it might be ; they could not resist the drive toward ...
... logical utiliza- tion of the still largely neglected resources of mechanical and chemical science ; they were compelled to take up every device that offered , however costly it might be ; they could not resist the drive toward ...
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... logical one . The theory is laid down by 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 ...
... logical one . The theory is laid down by 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 ...
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... logic of the case . And the logic of war was reserved for Napoleon to express in practice and 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 ...
... logic of the case . And the logic of war was reserved for Napoleon to express in practice and 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 ...
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... logical evolution of the idea of war has taken so many centuries to work itself out , the main reason among many others- may be stated in two words : munitions and transport . Before the age of machines , it was impossible to arm and ...
... logical evolution of the idea of war has taken so many centuries to work itself out , the main reason among many others- may be stated in two words : munitions and transport . Before the age of machines , it was impossible to arm and ...
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... logical . If battle be regarded as the trial of a cause before the judgment - seat of God , there is no sound reason for pouring huge armies into it . It is manifest that God can deliver his verdict in the result of a duel of one ...
... logical . If battle be regarded as the trial of a cause before the judgment - seat of God , there is no sound reason for pouring huge armies into it . It is manifest that God can deliver his verdict in the result of a duel of one ...
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