Sublime

It was because he really understood war that he became so good at securing peace. He was the least militaristic of soldiers and free from the lust of glory. It was because he saw the value of peace that he became so unbeatable in war. For he kept the end in view, instead of falling in love with the means. Unlike Napoleon, he was not infected by the

The difficulties this produced were magnified by the system through which the command structure functioned. Two aspects of this system helped produce a failure to adapt by enfeebling command. One was the compartmentalization of the planning process, which isolated parts of the organization when they should have been communicating with one another.

IT IS THE WILL. TO. WIN.

‘Don’t be confused, Vikram,’ he said pleasantly. ‘Didier only has one subject—himself.’ ‘And his curse,’ Karla added quickly, ‘is that it is a fascinating subject.’