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The activities characteristic of war may be split into two main categories: those that are merely preparations for war, and war proper.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The statement separates preparing for war from war itself. Its purpose is classificatory: activities related to conflict do not all belong to the same stage or category. The distinction provides a way to organize discussion without treating preparation and its eventual use as identical.
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