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Aside from the probability of them not reading at all, why don't Americans read Clausewitz?

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Clausewitz lays outs in a single sentence what both of these midwits took whole essays to try and explain:
>"War is merely the continuation of diplomacy by other means."
Humans fight each other when comprimise cannot be reached. Read about the great conquerors of history. Most of them offer clemency and better treatment if the enemy doesn't wait until after all the bloodshed to surrender. Violence, at least for people without chimp-brains, is just a means to an end.

How the hell do you read his book? I tried to read it, but it's way too philosophical and complex. Am I too brainlet to understand?

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