Laws Related to Offense on Superphysics

Offensive Force and War

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

OFFENSIVE force is regulated by the law of nations which is the political law of each country relative to other countries.

Chapter 2: War

THE life of governments is like that of man.

Some Advantages of a conquered People

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

INSTEAD of inferring such destructive consequences from the right of conquest, much better would it have been for politicians to mention the advantages which this very right may sometimes give to a conquered people; advantages which would be more sensibly and mor e universally experienced, were our law of nations exactly followed, and es tablished in every part of the globe.

Conquests made by a Republic

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

IT is unnatural for a confederate government to have one state conquer another, as what happened in Switzerland in our days.

But this is not so absurd in mixed confederate republics, where small republics are associated with small monarchies.

Conquests made by a Monarchy

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

IF a monarchy can survive before it is weakened by its increase, it will become formidable. Its strength will remain entire while pent up by the neighbouring monarchies.

Thus, a monarchy should not conquer beyond the natural limits of its government.

Alexander the Great

Sun, 27 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Alexander started his expedition after he had secured Macedonia against the neighbouring barbarians and completed the reduction of Greece.

He:

rendered the jealousy of the Spartans of no effect
attacked the maritime provinces
caused his land forces to keep close to the sea coast, that they might not be separated from his fleet
made an admirable use of discipline against numbers
never lacked provisions because victory gave him everything

In the beginning, he trusted very little to chance. But when his reputation was established by a series of prosperous events, he sometimes had recourse to temerity.

New Methods of preserving a Conquest

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Mongols, who now govern China, has ordained that every military corps in the provinces, as well as the courts of judicature, should be composed half of Chinese and half Mongols. Their goal is to: