In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.
Martin Van CreveldAssuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources.
Martin Van CreveldThe 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 CreveldExcept 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