War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz, Mi…

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War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). On War, p.75, Princeton University Press
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War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). On War, p.75, Princeton University Press

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