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All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war. It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy. The best defense is a good offense. The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war ... War has a way of masking the stage with scenery crudely daubed with fearsome appartions. The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes. War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means. War is the province of danger. |
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