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Martin Van Creveld Quotes: Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.
         

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.


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In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer.



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