...established. "No one starts a war — or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so," Clausewitz wrote, — "without first being clear in his mind what he intends...achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it. The former is its political purpose, the latter its operational objective."4 French policy-makers were...

...needed to do just that. As Clausewitz wrote, "No one starts a war — or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so — without first being clear in his...achieve by that war, and how he intends to conduct it." War may be different today than in Clausewitz's time, but the need for well-defined objectives and...

...in which all particular aims are reconciled. No one starts a war — or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so — without first being clear in his...achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it."2 A counsel of perfection, of course, from a long time ago when war and much else was a great deal...

...the United States, 1980-1990 P. EDWARD HALEY No one starts a war— or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so— without first being clear in his...achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it. The former is its political purpose; the latter is its operational objective. This is the governing...

...fundamental failure. No one starts a war. Rather, no one in his senses ought to do so without being first clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it, warned that preeminent military theorist Karl von Clausewitz over a century and a half ago. The former...

...fundamental failure. No one starts a war. Rather, no one in his senses ought to do so without being first clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it, warned that preeminent military theorist Karl von Clausewitz over a century and a half ago. The former...

...a war," said Carl von Clausewitz in On War, "or rather no one in his senses ought to do so, without being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it. Failure to heed that admonition was one of the fatal flaws of the Vietnam War. "Almost 70 percent of...

...BOSNIA: A QUESTION OF INTERVENTION BRETT D. BARKEY No one starts a war— or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so — without first being clear in his...achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.1 Carl von Clausewitz A TURBULENT HISTORY UPON THE BALKAN SHORES HAVE CRASHED SOME OF Europe's most...

...Howard and Peter Paret, Princeton, 1976): "No one starts a war, or rather no one in his senses should do so, without first being clear in his mind what...intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to achieve it." 5 Polybius, III, 4, 10- 11: "No sane man goes to war with his neighbors simply for the...

...clear purposes and definable military objectives. "No one starts a war." Clausewitz pointed out. "... without first being clear in his mind what he intends...achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it."141 The second lesson is that if ends are clear. means must serve them without succumbing to gradualism....