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read this excerpt from "not a dove, but no longer a hawk"
thus, in the final analysis, american strategy in vietnam consists of creating a killing machine in the form of a highly
equipped expeditionary corps and then turning this machine on the enemy in the hope that over the years enough killing
will be done to force the enemy's collapse through exhaustion and despair. this strategy, although possibly the only
feasible alternative open to a modern industrial power in such a situation, is of necessity brutal and heedless of many of
its victims.
what is the philosophical concept in this excerpt?
modern war is inherently violent and unfair
the machinery of war has significantly changed.
america's enemies are weak and defenseless.
military corps are trained to defeat the enemy.
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