It can be difficult to keep one’s political head these days. (Not as hard as in 1794 in France, however. Just because these are not the best of times, that does not mean they are the worst of times.) In the United States, on the Right, we have a major political party, the Republican, that […]
Politics as a Continuation of War by Other Means
Clausewitz has been upended. In On War, he famously wrote, War is not a mere act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political activity by other means. However, he also said, The aim of war should be the defeat of the enemy. But what constitutes defeat? The conquest of his whole […]