The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c15.27

c15.27

Among other Hindu ideas the following is quoted by Abul Fazl: "If he finds it necessary to attack his enemy he should invade the country during the time of harvest".-This was Napoleon's military method too. He wanted the war to pay its own way as far as possible. And of course strategic necessity and cosiderations of "high politics" may justify any measure from the desecrating of the tomb of Al Mahdi in Egypt to the declaration of war by Germany against neutralized Belgium.