The purely military viewpoint is unusually widespread. It manifests itself as follows: 1. To regard military work and political work as opposed to each other; to fail to recognize military work as only one of the means for accomplishing political tasks. 2. To regard the task of the Red Army as similar to that of …
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The Art of Insurrection, by Karl Marx
Now, insurrection is an art quite as much as war or any other, and subject to certain rules of proceeding, which, when neglected, will produce the ruin of the party neglecting them. Firstly, never play with insurrection unless you are fully prepared to face the consequences of your play. Insurrection is a calculus with very …