A History of Warfare. From: National Review | Date: November 29, 1993| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1993 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

WAR, said Clausewitz, is the continuation of politics with the admixture of other means. An Old Soldier, being no military theorist and none too sure what Clausewitz was talking about, might reply: "Oh, is it? Well, maybe... sometimes," and wonder privately what particular political course Genghis Khan was continuing when he carried fire and sword across half of Asia for no obvious reason except that it happened to be there. His was the most extensive conquest in history, but he made nothing of it; he had no apparent desire for imperial dominion or establishing permanent rule, and ...

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