War (n.) is not, as is often thought, an episode in foreign politics... rather, it is especially an act of internal politics and the most atrocious act of all, turning the military apparatus against its own soldiers who are sent off to die for the state.
War (n.) is perpetrated not for those things which enable its citizens to live (like wheat) but for the things which enable it to make war (like petrol).
War (n.) is always waged for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war.
War (n.) perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war, and thereby once and for all gives the state an important role in production.
War (n.) is the supreme form of prestige.