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- W2494377157 abstract "The simple fact is that few conscious actions are taken without a specific purpose. If one raises a hand it may be in greeting, in salute, or perhaps to shade one’s eyes. Almost always there is a purpose. To go to war — a war in which countless lives will be lost and on which may depend the future of a nation, or the freedom and lifestyle of its people — without a clear and attainable objective, would be criminal negligence or sheer folly. In either case it is unforgivable. And yet, the world has witnessed such political ineptitude or irresponsibility on more than one occasion. One might judge the entry of America and its allies into the Vietnam conflict to be such a case. Although, to be fair, the domino theory was in vogue in the early 1960s and the western strategy was the containment of communist expansion. The fundamental error was the failure of the president, the commander in chief, to articulate a clear, unambiguous and attainable political aim/objective. Instead, what the president declared to the world at large was that the United States was not seeking to win the war but simply to preserve the independence of South Vietnam. The objective was at best unclear and, with the operating constraints imposed by politicians ignorant of the principles of war, unattainable. Unattainable without a continuing bleeding of the nations involved. The world’s most powerful nation adopted a defensive posture. Perhaps it would have been useful to reflect on the writing of Sun Tzu: ‘Security against defeat implies defensive tactics; ability to defeat the enemy means taking the offensive.’ There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.’1" @default.
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- W2494377157 title "Selection and Maintenance of the Aim" @default.
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