![The blurring of the line between policy and strategy] encouraged soldiers to make the preposterous claim that policy should be subservient to their conduct of operations, and (especially in democratic countries) it drew the statesman on to overstep the definite border of his sphere and interfere with his military employees in the actual use of their tools.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-blurring-of-the-line-between-policy-and-strategy-encouraged-soldiers-to-make.jpg)
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