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The aim of war is to subdue an opponent. . . The most economical means is the best: to get him - through deception, surprise, and his own ill-conceived pursuit of infeasable goals - to realize his own inferiority. . .The author of The Art of War would smile at the American exaltation of firepower, which too easily makes a means into an end in itself