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On the Suspension of the Act in War If one considers War as an act of mutual destruction, we must of necessity imagine both parties as making some progress; but at the same time, as regards the exist…
On the Character of Modern War The attention which must be paid to the character of War as it is now made, has a great influence upon all plans, especially on strategic ones. Since all methods forme…
Tension and Rest The Dynamic Law of War We have seen in the sixteenth chapter of this book, how, in most campaigns, much more time used to be spent in standing still and inaction than in activity. N…
Introductory Having in the foregoing book examined the subjects which may be regarded as the efficient elements of War, we shall now turn our attention to the combat as the real activity in Warfare, …
Character of a Modern Battle According to the notion we have formed of tactics and strategy, it follows, as a matter of course, that if the nature of the former is changed, that change must have an i…
The Combat in General The Combat is the real warlike activity, everything else is only its auxiliary; let us therefore take an attentive look at its nature. Combat means fighting, and in this the de…
The Combat in General ( continuation ) In the last chapter we showed the destruction of the enemy as the true object of the combat, and we have sought to prove by a special consideration of the point…
On the Signification of the Combat Having in the preceding chapter examined the combat in its absolute form, as the miniature picture of the whole War, we now turn to the relations which it bears to …
Duration of Combat If we consider the combat no longer in itself but in relation to the other forces of War, then its duration acquires a special importance. This duration is to be regarded to a cer…
Decision of the Combat No battle is decided in a single moment, although in every battle there arise moments of crisis, on which the result depends. The loss of a battle is, therefore, a gradual fall…
