War Is Merely A Continuation Of Politics.

The Very Nature Of Interactions Is Bound To Make It Unpredictable.

Close Combat, Man To Man, Is Plainly To Be Regarded As The Real Basis Of Combat.

Only Great And General Battles Can Produce Great Results

Knowing Is Different From Doing And Therefore Theory Must Never Be Used As Norms For A Standard, But Merely As Aids To Judgment.

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.