Knowledge Must Become Capability.

Whenever Armed Forces . . . Are Used, The Idea Of Combat Must Be Present. . . . The End For Which A Soldier Is Recruited, Clothed, Armed, And Trained, The Whole Object Of His Sleeping, Eating, Drinking, And Marching Is Simply That He Should Fight At The Right Place And The Right Time.

This Tremendous Friction Which Cannot, As In Mechanics, Be Reduced To A Few Points, Is Everywhere In Contact With Chance, And Brings About Effects That Cannot Be Measured Just Because They Are Largely Due To Chance.

War Is Regarded As Nothing But The Continuation Of State Policy With Other Means.

In War The Will Is Directed At An Animate Object That Reacts.

Blind Aggressiveness Would Destroy The Attack Itself, Not The Defense.