At 08:15 AM 1/27/2002 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:58:08 -0000 "Alberto Monteiro" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In Heinlein's _Starship Troopers_, war is defined as the use of > > force > > by one g*vernment to impose its will over another g*vernment. > > > Alberto Monteiro >- > >I've heard that the book is much better than the movie... do you agree? >Also, does the book actually spell "government" with an asterisk in that >quote? > > >-Stephen (Steg) > "no! too! much! email!..."
the book *is* better than the movie. btw, Heinlein's quote is actually a paraphrase of Von Clausewitz's dictum that "War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will." * * Clausewitz, On War, Penguin Classics edition reprinted 1984, page 101. john
