they realise that the gradual dissemination of the principles taught by Clausewitz has created a condition of molecular tension in the minds of the N… - Carl von Clausewitz

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they realise that the gradual dissemination of the principles taught by Clausewitz has created a condition of molecular tension in the minds of the Nations they govern analogous to the “critical temperature of water heated above boiling-point under pressure,” which may at any moment bring about an explosion which they will be powerless to control.