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Edward N. Luttwak

“It is the struggle of adversarial forces that generates the logic of strategy, which is always and everywhere paradoxical, and as such is diametrically opposed to the commonsense, linear logic of everyday life. Thus, we have, for example, the Roman si vis pacem, para bellum, if you want peace, prepare for war, or tactically, the bad road is the good road in war, because its use is unexpected—granting surprise and thus at least a brief exemption from the entire predicament of a two-sided human struggle.”

Edward N. Luttwak, The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century Ce to the Third
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The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century Ce to the Third The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century Ce to the Third by Edward N. Luttwak
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