Quotes of Martin Van Creveld - somelinesforyou

“ Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or the people, constitute the great majority of those affected. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or the people, constitute the great majority of those affected. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or the people, constitute the great majority of those affected. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ 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. ”

- Martin Van Creveld

“ Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or the people, constitute the great majority of those affected. ”

- Martin Van Creveld
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