| Summary/Abstract |
IN HIS classic book On War, the eminent 19th century German military theorist Carl von Clausewitz generalized the experience of the Napoleonic wars: "The art of war ... makes War of all branches of human activity the most like a gambling game."1 It seems that since the time when Clausewitz defined war as "the continuation of policy by other means," the nature of world politics has not changed in real terms: brinkmanship, bluff, risky moves and, alas, cheating. History teaches us that the more ambitious the ruling elite, the more they tend to overstep the bounds of the permissible.
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