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From: Jerusalem Post
Date: 20050701
Author:AMOTZ ASA-EL

AMOTZ ASA-EL
Jerusalem Post
07-01-2005
Headline: A short history of Israeli military thought
Byline: AMOTZ ASA-EL
Edition; Up Front
Section: Opinion
Page: 06

Friday, July 1, 2005 -- Having contended that the unarmed is ultimately despised, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote that the perfect ruler - that master of power play described in his political- theory classic The Prince - "should have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and its organization and discipline."

Fair enough, but when a terror war was waged against Israel's populace, Prince Ehud Barak's extensive ...

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