Topic: Carl Von Clausewitz

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Opinion: Does the US military have a clear purpose?

Those we ask to serve don’t know what they’re defending – and why. How do you inspire citizens to serve when victory isn’t a goal?
In Woodward book on debate over Afghanistan war, was Obama audacious?

Excepts from the Woodward book on Obama's decisions on the Afghanistan war reveal the qualities of mind in the president. How do those fare against recommendations of the great historian of war, Carl Von Clausewitz?
Opinion: War without death? How non-lethal weapons could change warfare

Using non-lethal weapons in Iraq and Afghanistan would support US efforts to demonstrate restraint and would reduce the catastrophic effects associated with war.

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Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

Topic: Carl Von Clausewitz

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Opinion: Does the US military have a clear purpose?

In Woodward book on debate over Afghanistan war, was Obama audacious?

Opinion: War without death? How non-lethal weapons could change warfare

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