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mesmerized by the decisive victory: lunatic doctrines
Instructions for losing a war .Lesson one, page one: ignore Karl Maria von Clausewitz… …even his statement that war is a continuation of policy has been twisted into meaning that war is the most effective of political instruments, or that … Continue reading
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clausewitz: “its absolute form”
In Clausewitz’s view, it is absurd to try to “win” wars by military means alone, because, as he says, no major plan of war can bemade without political understanding and insight. The political setting not only determines the aims and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Marshall, Alvin Toffler, Benny Gantz IDF, Carl von Clausewitz, Clausewitz On War, David Crist The Twilight War, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Frederick the Great, J.J. Graham Clausewitz, kirsten cale, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, martin van creveld, Oliver Cromwell, president eisenhower, rachel corrie, steven metz, The Marshall Plan
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running of the bulls of babylon
When extremes support each other. Fundamentally hypocritical bourgeois values? Or, are talking about two fundamentally different approaches to reinforcing the continuity of patriarchy and misogyny that defies rational classicism arisen from the Enlightenment or the irrational attributes of human nature, … Continue reading
fold up the tent: patriots with bonds in their pockets
…As the U.S. miltary officially leaves Iraq, much of us are still puzzled by the phenomenon of this conflict which pits the social, the psychological and the economic in contradictory positions vis. a vis. conventional thinking. Can the conflict be … Continue reading
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Tagged alex pareene, Andre Breton, Carl von Clausewitz, Chris Hitchens, christopher caudwell, David Frum, david turnley photography, Erich Maria Rilke, Jean Renoir, La Grande Illusion Jean Renoir, martin van creveld, Reza Deghati, Sam Huntington, Slavoj Zizek, steven metz, Susan Sontag, Thorstein Veblen, XTC Colin Moulding
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loose lips sink ships: uncertainty principal
As Clausewitz postulated, war is simply a means for a pre-determined purpose. A continuation of policy which implies a rather solid and usually sordid link between politics and war. There have been newer theories, which may actually be clever repackaging … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Alexander Cockburn, Andres Serrano, Andy Warhol, bill lewis art, Carl von Clausewitz, Howard Zinn, Julian Assange, kirsten cale, martin van creveld, Noam Chomsky, Norman Rockwell, pearl harbor, pearl harbor anniversary, pearl harbor attack, Salvador dali, Sigmund Freud, thomas lacquer
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they don’t like mondays
Are wars simply a matter of sex and psychology: irrational alpha males grabbing the bananas and lovemaking at the top of the tree with his submissive sweet fruit? Or in conflict conducted in a purposeful manner by thinking and reflective … Continue reading