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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

Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.

Martin van Creveld

The combination of professionalism and technology may also result in narrow-minded specialization more suited to a debating society than to an organization whose task it is to cope with, and indeed live in, the dangerous and uncertain environment of war.

Martin van Creveld

Martin van Creveld

Martin van Creveld

Born: March 5, 1946 (age 78)

Bio: Martin Levi van Creveld is an Israeli military historian and theorist.

Known for:

The transformation of war (1991)
Supplying War (1977)
Command in war (1985)
Technology and War (1989)
The rise and decline of the state (1999)

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