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...warfare there is a response for almost any development. Other European states adopted the French military model and, working together, defeated Napoleon. The forces of industrial-age war had been unleashed. As noted by Karl von Clausewitz, the foremost military observer of the era, war in theory knows no limits and thus tends naturally to the extreme application of violence...
...Clausewitz got it right. Using the full powers of government, nation-states applied scientific advances to increase the destructive powers of their forces. With improved organization and weaponry, 20th century wars killed tens of millions of combatants and civilians. And the march of science and technology continues. World War II forces look pale in comparison to the tanks, armed helicopters, automatic cannon, aircraft and precision-strike capabilities available today, to say nothing of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons...
...Clausewitz craved the decisive battle, Grove hungers for the decisive risk, the bet that will guarantee Intel's future. "Are we missing something?" Grove mused one day this spring over a lunch of tofu and ketchup, settling his silverware into a moment of quiet. "Sometimes," he says in a rolling baritone, "the risk of omission is greater than the risk of commission...
When absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making use of what you have. --Clausewitz...
Keep the forces concentrated in an overpowering mass. --Clausewitz...