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Originally Posted by Wdll
Isn't that Keegan's book the one where he tries to look good by bashing Clausewitz?
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No, the book central theme is trying to view warfare through the Clausewitz view that warfare is a continuation of official state political policy through another means. Clausewitz understood that politics always motivated warfare.
I have bookmarked the links that were provided and will read them later.The Soviet war in Afghanistan is a virtual unknown and the more that I can learn about it the more I can enlighten my colleagues about it.