War Poetry Of The South

God created war so that Americans would learn geography - Mark Twain. War Is merely the continuation of policy by other means - Carl von Clausewitz. Twain’s quote reminds us al that at many times America is insular and inward looking, even during its past century as the World’s policeman. Von Clausewitz is undoubtedly truer. On certain issues when all other options have failed the argument must be continued until one side prevails. For the United States that first test as a separate nation was u