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
   
Martin Van Creveld   Name:
Martin Van Creveld
Type:
Historian
Nationality:
Israeli
Birth:
March 5, 1946
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