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“While there are many causes for which a state goes to war, its fundamental object can be epitomized as that of ensuring the continuance of its policy - in face of the determination of the opposing state to pursue a contrary policy. In the human will lies the source and mainspring of conflict.”

Humans War States Faces Lying Causes Military Policy Objects Source Conflict Determination Fundamentals Contrary Pursue Opposing Human Will Continuance

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.”

Way Religious Alive Military Thousand Advantage Contrary Best Way Analogies

Book:Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of

Source: Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of

“Contrary to received wisdom, the British are not an insular people in the conventional sense - far from it. For most of their early modern and modern history, they have had more contact with more parts of the world than almost any other nation - it is just that this contact has regularly taken the form of aggressive military and commercial enterprise.”

People World Form Nations Taken Modern Military British Contrary Contact Enterprise Aggressive Conventional British History Modern History

Book:Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837

Source: Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837

“Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.”

Order Known Military Army Contrary Newspapers Proclamation

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength - not his weaknesses - to place him immediately on the defensive.”

Sometimes Political Games Military Theory Weakness Direct Contrary Opponents Conventional Offense Political Opponents

Author:Mark McKinnon

“I don't believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East. Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase in American military presence, as well as an increase in American investments. The argument is more accurate when one says America is focusing more attention to the Far East. But I don't believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.”

“Men are seldom born brave but they acquire courage through training and discipline - a handful of men inured to war proceed to certain victory; while on the contrary numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes of men dragged to the slaughter.”

Men War Certain Born Military Victory Discipline Training Army Brave Contrary Acquire Troops Multitudes Handful Slaughter Undisciplined

Author:Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus