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Not a question but more to a note: was Clausewitz right in calling war a "continuation of politics with other means"?

Miltiadis Michalopoulos This is a very big question. Keegan has written a 600 pages book to answer it. Therefore the answer cant be a simple 'yes" or "no". I think that Claus…moreThis is a very big question. Keegan has written a 600 pages book to answer it. Therefore the answer cant be a simple 'yes" or "no". I think that Clausewitz's axiom still holds its value. Keegan points out that in the 21st century we cant think of war as a means of politics, because this may lead to a nuclear holocaust. But you can see that war still exists and unfortunately it will never end.(less)

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"War is not only Warfare. It's also a cultural entity, and its practice is not linked to any single type of political organization or society. It is the universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by the society that wages it (John Keegan, History of Warfare)?This is theory of War I want know to the full meaning of this theory in detail. Explain it for me in detail. Send me email to khalid.iiu.edu@gmail.com

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