If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill you, then you are an idiot.
Martin Van CreveldThe problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.
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 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