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    "title": "On War, and Development",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>... It is not, in the modern world, enough to be a lone visionary.\u00c2\u00a0 Under modern conditions, strategic genius must necessarily be linked with bureaucracy.\u00c2\u00a0 The greatest genius needs a military machine and a state structure.\u00c2\u00a0 More, as Henry Kissinger discovered to his frustration, a hostile bureaucracy can frustrate and sabotage a brilliant leader\u00e2\u0080\u0099s initiatives in many ways.\u00c2\u00a0 Commands given by a great general or initiatives envisioned by a great diplomat must under modern conditions be executed by great throngs of non-genius employees and functionaries.\u00c2\u00a0 There is no other way.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Remember this: your idea has to be executed by people who do not necessarily share the entire scope of your vision.  Via <em><a href=\"http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/05/17/clausewitz-master-of-war/\">Clausewitz: Master of War | Via Meadia</a></em>.</p>\n"
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