No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.
Carl von ClausewitzA general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.
Carl von ClausewitzIn war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend who has not seen war.
Carl von Clausewitz