On 6/15/06, Jon_Lincicum at stream.com <Jon_Lincicum at stream.com> wrote: > "Maximilian Wilson" <wilson.max at gmail.com> > > > > > > > >I usually mention Steve's writing in attribution for some pithy > >remark. For instance, a political discussion I had the other day, > >where I felt it appropriate to point out that the defender always > >starts the war. > > Interestingly, this is actually a concept taken directly from Clausewitz. > > http://www.clausewitz.com/CWZHOME/Quotations.html > I have always been certain that most (if not all) of the military aphorisms and comments in /Dragon/ came from Clausewitz, because, after all, that is exactly what Steve confessed to reading, presumably for research for that very book. http://dreamcafe.com/books.html