| George Edward Thibault - 1984 - 916 pages
...due to some political object. War, therefore, is an act of policy. Were it a complete, untrammeled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept...the place of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its own nature, very... | |
| Howard L. Williams, Tony Evans, Moorhead Wright - 1993 - 348 pages
...due to some political object. War, therefore, is an act of policy. Were it a complete, untrammeled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept...the place of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its own nature, very... | |
| Azar Gat - 2001 - 916 pages
...maximize the mobilization of forces is also created. 2 ° Thus, ‘were it a complete, untrammelled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept...would require) war would of its own independent will. . . rule by the laws of its own nature, very much like a mine that can explode only in the manner or... | |
| 51 pages
...political goals must shape the con duct of Were [war] a complete, untrammeled, absolute manifest at ion of violence (as the pure concept would require), war would of its own independent will usurp the pi ace of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drivepolicy out of officeandruleby... | |
| Jonathan Schell - 2003 - 494 pages
...to wag the political dog. "Were [war] a complete, untrammeled, absolute manifestation of violence... war would of its own independent will usurp the place of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its own nature." Clausewitz... | |
| Colin S. Gray - 2002 - 332 pages
...complete untrammelled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept [of 'absolute war'] would require), war would of its own independent will...the place of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its own nature.' He... | |
| Everett C. Dolman - 2005 - 254 pages
...due to some political object. War, therefore, is an act of policy. Were it a complete, untrammeled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept...independent will usurp the place of policy the moment it had been brought into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its... | |
| Beate Jahn - 2006 - 290 pages
...of State power. As he states, war 'is an act of policy', because 'were it a complete, untrammelled, absolute manifestation of violence (as the pure concept...the place of policy the moment policy had brought it into being; it would then drive policy out of office and rule by the laws of its own nature, very... | |
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