Avoid Self-righteousness Like The Devil- Nothing Is

In A Campaign Against More Than One State Or Army, It Is More Fruitful To Concentrate First Against The Weaker Partner Than To Attempt The Overthrow Of The Stronger In The Belief That The Latter's Defeat Will Automatically Involve The Collapse Of The Others.

With Growing Experience, All Skillful Commanders Sought To Profit By The Power Of The Defensive, Even When On The Offensive.

I Used To Think That The Causes Of War Were Predominantly Economic. I Came To Think That They Were More Psychological. I Am Now Coming To Think That They Are Decisively "personal," Arising From The Defects And Ambitions Of Those Who Have The Power To Influence The Currents Of Nations.

The Predominance Of Moral Factors In All Military Decisions. On Them Constantly Turns The Issue Of War And Battle. In The History Of War They Form The More Constant Factors, Changing Only In Degree, Whereas The Physical Factors Are Different In Almost Every War And Every Military Situation.

Air Forces Offered The Possibility Of Striking A The Enemy's Economic And Moral Centres Without Having First To Achieve 'the Destruction Of The Enemy's Main Forces On The Battlefield'. Air-power Might Attain A Direct End By Indirect Means - Hopping Over Opposition Instead Of Overthrowing It.