Martin Van Creveld Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Martin Van Creveld Quotes and Sayings
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Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.
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It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight.
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The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a living, intelligent entity capable of acting and reacting.
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