Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this does not make its application easy. (Carl von Clausewitz)

Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this does not make its application easy.

Carl von Clausewitz

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