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Ends in War More Precisely Defined Overthrow of the Enemy The aim of war in conception must always be the overthrow of the enemy; this is the fundamental idea from which we set out. Now, what is thi…
Ends in War More Precisely Defined ( continued ) Limited Object In the preceding chapter we have said that, under the expression “overthrow of the enemy,” we understand the real absolute aim of the “…
A. Influence of the Political Object on the Military Object We never find that a State joining in the cause of another State, takes it up with the same earnestness as its own. An auxiliary army of mo…
Limited Object—Offensive War Even if the complete overthrow of the enemy cannot be the object, there may still be one which is directly positive, and this positive object can be nothing else than the…
Limited Object—Defence The ultimate aim of defensive war can never be an absolute negation, as we have before observed. Even for the weakest there must be some point in which the enemy may be made to…
Plan of War when the Destruction of the Enemy is the Object Having characterised in detail the different aims to which war may be directed, we shall go through the organisation of war as a whole for …
