If You Wish For Peace, Understand War.

Opposition To The Truth Is Inevitable, Especially If It Takes The Form Of A New Idea, But The Degree Of Resistance Can Be Diminished- By Giving Thought Not Only To The Aim But To The Method Of Approach. Avoid A Frontal Attack On A Long Established Position; Instead, Seek To Turn It By Flank Movement, So That A More Penetrable Side Is Exposed To The Thrust Of Truth. But, In Any Such Indirect Approach, Take Care Not To Diverge From The Truth- For Nothing Is More Fatal To Its Real Advancement Than To Lapse Into Untruth.

The Nearer The Cutting Off Point Lies To The Main Force Of The Enemy, The More Immediate The Effect; Whereas The Closer To The Strategic Base It Takes Place, The Greater The Effect.

As Has Happened So Often In History, Victory Had Bred A Complacency And Fostered An Orthodoxy Which Led To Defeat In The Next War.

[the] Aim Is Not So Much To Seek Battle As To Seek A Strategic Situation So Advantageous That If It Does Not Of Itself Produce The Decision, Its Continuation By A Battle Is Sure To Achieve This. In Other Words, Dislocation Is The Aim Of Strategy.

The More Closely [the German Army] Converged On [stalingrad], The Narrower Became Their Scope For Tactical Manoeuvre As A Lever In Loosening Resistance. By Contrast, The Narrowing Of The Frontage Made It Easier For The Defender To Switch His Local Reserves To Any Threatened Point On The Defensive Arc.