Explain

Shaw was decidedly anti-war. He felt no affinity for people who felt war was honourable, noble, or heroic. He felt that soldiers who willingly their lives at risk are fools or at the very least misguided.

"Soldiering, my dear madam, is the coward's art of attacking mercilessly when you are strong, and keeping out of harm's way when you are weak. That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms."