Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Eternal peace is a dream, and not even a beautiful one, and war is a link in God's world order. In him, the noblest virtues of man, courage and renunciation, devotion to duty and willingness to sacrifice, unfold with the institution of life. Without the war, the world would become bogged down in materialism.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Praise of war War

Author

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. Letter to Johann Caspar Bluntschli. 11 Dec. 1880.

No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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Battle plans Preparation War

Author

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Language

German

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. "Uber Strategie." Kriegsgeschichtliche Einzelschriften. Vol. 13, Berlin: Mittler, 1891.

Current Citation

Von Moltke, Helmuth. "Plan of Operations: (1871-81)." Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings, translated by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell. Presidio Press, 1995.