 | Carl Philipp G. von Clausewitz - 1873 - 606 pages
...distracted our attention to a certain extent ; in the plan of a war or campaign it is indispensable. There is, upon the whole, nothing more important in...judged of, and then to keep to that point; for we can ouly apprehend the mass of events in their unity from one standpoint ; and it is only the keeping to... | |
 | Stewart Lygon Murray - 1914 - 250 pages
...and perfect basis and point of view from which great plans may be traced out and determined upon." " There is upon the whole nothing more important in...the keeping to one point of view that guards us from inconsistency." " We can only look at policy here as the representative of the interests generally... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1969 - 1326 pages
...its own laws, but must be looked upon as a part of another whole — and this whole is policy. . . . There is, upon the whole, nothing more important in...find out the right point of view from which things shoidd be looked at and judged of, and then to keep to that point; for we can only apprehend the mass... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations - 1970 - 68 pages
...its own laws, but must be looked upon as a part of another whole — and this whole is policy. . . . There is, upon the whole, nothing more important in...the keeping to one point of view that guards us from inconsistency. If, therefore, in drawing up a plan of a War, it is not allowable to have a two-fold... | |
 | John Ziman, John M. Ziman - 1991 - 212 pages
...Science-Philosophy, 1. Title. Q'75-Z55 50' 78-3792 ISBN o 52 1 40670 6 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2003 There is, upon the whole, nothing more important in...at and judged of, and then to keep to that point. von Clausewitz Contents page ix Grounds for an enquiry , 1 . 1 The challenge , 1.2 The theory 2 1 .3... | |
 | 1980 - 356 pages
...in life than to find out exactly the point of view from which things must be regarded and judged ... for we can only apprehend the mass of events in their unity from one standpoint.3 SOVlET POLlCY CONSlDERED lt emerges that there is not just a triangular relationship between... | |
 | Bruce Cumings - 2002 - 308 pages
...own obscurity. 2 EAST WIND, RAIN RED WIND BLACK RAIN THE UNITED STATES-JAPAN WAR. BEGINNING AND END There is, upon the whole, nothing more important in...looked at and judged of, and then to keep to that point.—Clausewitz, On War There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry... | |
 | Carl Von Clausewitz - 2004 - 910 pages
...distracted our attention to a certain extent; in the plan of a War or campaign it is indispensable. There is upon the whole, nothing more important in...the keeping to one point of view that guards us from inconsistency. If, therefore, in drawing up a plan of a War, it is not allowable to have a two-fold... | |
 | Carl von Clausewitz - 2004 - 366 pages
...to a certain extent ; in the plan of a War or campaign it is indispensable. keep to that point ; ior we can only apprehend the mass of events in their...the keeping to one point of view that guards us from inconsistency. If, therefore, in drawing up a plan of a War, it is not allowable to have a two-fold... | |
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There is upon the whole nothing more important in life than to find out the right point of view from which things should be looked at and judged of and then to keep to that point, for we can only apprehend the mass of events in the unity from one standpoint,... 