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The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized.

Friedrich von Bernhardi

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Friedrich von Bernhardi
Age: 81 †
Born: 1849
Born: November 22
Died: 1930
Died: December 11
Author
Military Historian
Military Personnel
St. Petersburg
Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi
Law
War
Emphasized
Must
Stimulating
Repeatedly
Idealism
Indispensable
Blessing
Development

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