Air Forces Offered The Possibility Of Striking

The Most Dangerous Error Is Failure To Recognize Our Own Tendency To Error.

War Is Always A Matter Of Doing Evil In The Hope That Good May Come Of It.

To Foster The People's Willing Spirit Is Often As Important As To Possess The More Concrete Forms Of Power.

The Blurring Of The Line Between Policy And Strategy] Encouraged Soldiers To Make The Preposterous Claim That Policy Should Be Subservient To Their Conduct Of Operations, And (especially In Democratic Countries) It Drew The Statesman On To Overstep The Definite Border Of His Sphere And Interfere With His Military Employees In The Actual Use Of Their Tools.

If We Clear The Air Of The Fog Of Catchwords Which Surround The Conduct Of War, And Grasp That In The Human Will Lies The Source And Mainspring Of All Conflict, As Of All Other Activities Of Man's Life, It Becomes Clear That Our Object In War Can Only Be Attained By The Subjugation Of The Opposing Will. All Acts, Such As Defeat In The Field, Propaganda, Blockade, Diplomacy, Or Attack On The Centres Of Government And Population, Are Seen To Be But Means To That End.