Pursue One Great Decisive Aim With Force

The Invention Of Gunpowder And The Constant Improvement Of Firearms Are Enough In Themselves To Show That The Advance Of Civilization Has Done Nothing Practical To Alter Or Deflect The Impulse To Destroy The Enemy, Which Is Central To The Very Idea Of War.

Battles Decide Everything.

If We Do Not Learn To Regard A War, And The Separate Campaigns Of Which It Is Composed, As A Chain Of Linked Engagements Each Leading To The Next, But Instead Succumb To The Idea That The Capture Of Certain Geographical Points Or The Seizure Of Undefended Provinces Are Of Value In Themselves, We Are Liable To Regard Them As Windfall Profits.

A Certain Grasp Of Military Affairs Is Vital For Those In Charge Of General Policy.

To Achieve Victory We Must Mass Our Forces At The Hub Of All Power & Movement. The Enemy's 'center Of Gravity'