He defines the historical evolution of warfare as moving from killing soldiers, to destroying civilian production, to using civilian dissent against the state.
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He defines the historical evolution of warfare as moving from killing soldiers, to destroying civilian production, to using civilian dissent against the state.
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Jiang claims World War II was won by the Allies because they could destroy German and Japanese productive capacity while America and the Soviet Union preserved theirs.
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"there is a ceasefire now between iran and united states but most analysts expect that this war will resume in a week two weeks..."
"of the 19th century how traditionally wars wars were fought for hundreds of hundreds of years within sort of centuries something happened which is..."
"then others will use nuclear will use new glories on you okay so now Now, in the 21st century, our goal is to use..."
"So this is the highlight or the peak of the nation -state. And so during World War II, they had to fight a war..."
"...more soldiers with more weapons. So we need to destroy the civilian population. That's how you win the war, okay? And that's how they..."
"...this is going to create a lot of pressure on the civilian population they'll be very angry they might protest against the government okay..."
"...so create as much havoc as possible over time so the civilian population gets very angry so my best"
"...regime change. It could mean economy collapses. It could mean the civilian population starves. Okay? It could mean anything. But because there's so much..."
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