If You Wish For Peace, Understand War.

The Military Weapon Is But One Of The Means That Serve The Purposes Of War: One Out Of The Assortment Which Grand Strategy Can Employ.

In War The Chief Incalculable Is The Human Will, Which Manifests Itself In Resistance, Which In Turn Lies In The Province Of Tactics. Strategy Has Not To Overcome Resistance, Except From Nature. Its Purpose Is To Diminish The Possibility Of Resistance, And It Seeks To Fulfil This Purpose By Exploiting The Elements Of Movement And Surprise.

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.

The Urge To Gain Release From Tension By Action Is A Precipitating Cause Of War.

Direct Pressure Always Tends To Harden And Consolidate The Resistance Of An Opponent.