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I am a military history major graduate from the United States Military Academy. The intent of this post is to take another brief look at the current conduct of war, in August 2005, by using the “Principles of War”. I am not on active duty, nor do I have access to any classified information pertaining to this war. Violating some principles of war does not mean we will lose this war, but these violations are NOT helping America win this war. The first principle discussed is “Offensive. The United States has been on the defensive for over two years. It...

This summer President Bush addressed the graduating Class of West Point on it’s Bi-Centennial. In very clear terms, the Class of 2002 was told that the US is at war. While we are being told that this war will be unlike any before it, the basic principles of war do not change. On this Veterans’ Day there is a very high probability that very shortly, we will be involved in a war and maybe a World War. The purpose of this short paper is to look at and examine the “Principles of War” and the “Threads of Continuity” as taught...