Yes, I'm somewhat familiar with Clausewitz in the English translation only of course. But that's my deficiency. He is cited several times and at length along with a good many other original thinkers. My very first drive was a '29 Ford. It started and ran as advertised. I earned by license. I have a 2001 Ford today. It's a far superior, safer, easier ride, and I'm definitely more comfortable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Brothers" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 10:36 PM Subject: Re: June 6, 1944 06071446Z07 > Nothing new about this. Clausewitz wrote in On War (1873- in English) > "War is not a mere act of policy but a true political instrument, a > continuation of political activity by other means" or "war is politics > carried on by other means". > > James Brothers, RPA > [log in to unmask] > > > > On Jun 7, 2007, at 11:18, Walter Waddell wrote: > >> For those of you who can withstand a provocative, reasoned challenge to >> your beliefs (whatever persuasion they may be) about War, Peace, and the >> Military Arm of Foreign Policy, I invite your attention to the work of >> Paul Seabury, Professor of Political Science, University of California, >> Berkeley and Angelo Codevilla, Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover >> Institution, Stanford, California: entitled "War - Ends & Means", 1989, >> ISBN 0-465-09067-2 (cloth); ISBN 0-465-09068-0 (paper) - (hardly hotbeds >> of right wing, warmongering). >> >> On the its first page of the "Foreword", you'll find this: "War is >> essentially a clash of purposes; only incidentally does it become a >> clash of arms." > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: > 269.8.11/838 - Release Date: 6/7/2007 2:21 PM > >