Full Idea
War perpetuates itself under the form of preparation for war.
Gist of Idea
War is perpetuated by its continual preparations
Source
Simone Weil (Prospects: Proletarian Revolution? [1933], p.16)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.16
A Reaction
There are periods when military preparations are scaled down, but a reason is always found to scale them back up again.