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" "Ebenso ist die Eroberung von Provinzen eine andere Maßregel, wenn es nicht auf das Niederwerfen des Gegners abgesehen ist. In jenem Falle wäre die Vernichtung seiner Streitkraft die eigentliche wirksame Handlung und das Einnehmen der Provinzen nur die Folge davon; sie einzunehmen, ehe die Streitkraft zusammengeworfen ist, wäre immer nur als ein notwendiges Übel zu betrachten.
Carl von Clausewitz (1 June 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general and influential military theorist. He is most famous for his military treatise Vom Kriege, translated into English as On War.
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If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand; but the disadvantages of this position must naturally not be of a transitory nature, at least in appearance, otherwise the enemy, instead of yielding, will hold out, in the prospect of a change for the better.