Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 28
The famous 'paradoxical trinity' passage closing Book 1, Chapter 1.
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From On War by Carl von Clausewitz
War is composed of three interacting forces: primordial violence/hatred/enmity (the people), the play of chance and probability (the army/commander), and rational subordination to policy (the government).
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