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  • If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice you call on him to make. The hardships of the situation must not be merely transient - at least not in appearance. Otherwise, the enemy would not give in, but would wait for things to improve.

    Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.77, Princeton University Press