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The Imperial Army march into Manchuria was presented as an act of self-defense… North China and Inner Mongolia had to be controlled to guard Manchuria. Protecting these areas required further advances into the heartland of China.
This pattern of ever-expanding military operations confirmed a truism about international conflict: once started, a war escalates uncontrollably in the quest for elusive victory.
— Mar 15, 2026 03:45PM
This pattern of ever-expanding military operations confirmed a truism about international conflict: once started, a war escalates uncontrollably in the quest for elusive victory.
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A famous student of war, Mao Tse-tung, found wisdom in Sun-tzu's Art of War: "Know your enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster." Mao wrote that war, the highest form of struggle, is the most difficult social phenomenon to understand cor-rectly. Yet man inevitably goes to war and when he does, his mistakes arise from ignorance of the enemy and himself.
— Mar 15, 2026 03:47PM
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It was a viscous cycle: the weakness of democracy was one cause of the war, and the war further eroded freedom.
— Mar 14, 2026 01:15PM
