Still later world war i led to the final formulation of modern principles of war because of the inefficiency waste and inconclusiveness that characterized that war military theorists concluded they needed a new approach to war by approaching it in a scientific way as a military science they began to develop the modern principles. In regard to principles of war that must be added anew after world war ii such as for example the principle of war of countering indirect aggression there must be continuing study and a quest for critiques everywhere in order to ensure greater perfection january 1969 haruo umezawa lt gen commandant ground self defense force staff college. Download full principles of war book in pdf epub mobi and all ebook format you also can read online principles of war and write the review about the book. Without a clear end state any perceived success is often ineffective and at the expense of things far more valuable 5 failure to see the purpose for which a war is fought as part of war itself amounts to treating battle as an end rather than a means and maintains a narrow focus only on tactical activity 6 tactical success is irrelevant and wasteful of financial and human resources if