#Reviewing The Conduct of War, 1789-1961

Exceptional book review! "While agreeing that war must reflect the character of the politics to be a continuation, he disagrees with Clausewitz’s assumption that war will become more effective when politics and war become one in absolute war. Fuller argues that it is not destruction that is war’s ultimate aim, but peace. “Peace should be the ruling idea of policy, and victory the only means towards its achievement.” "