I am a current Intermediate Level Education (ILE) student and completed study of Military History as part of the course design. By no means am I suggesting that we have learned all there is to know about history-it is a lifelong study.

Yet, I would like to quote Karl von Clausewitz who said, "War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means."


Politics, the military and the people, when combined, form a trinity that can be analyzed about any conflict for the student of Military History. Politics is a leg of the 'trinity' that must be in balance along with the military and the people in order for the strategic goals of the state to be accomplished.
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