Military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz said that war is an extension of politics by other means.
This war, to paraphrase Clausewitz, is merely the continuation of negotiations by other means.
Could Clausewitz have defined the 50 year protracted Cold War which entailed the largest arms build up ever?
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But warfare has seen many more permutations throughout history than even Clausewitz may have been exposed to.
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He had read On War, the classic written in 1832 by Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian military thinker.
Clausewitz pre-dated the telegraph (invented six years after his death) let alone radio, television, and the Internet.
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They don't see what Clausewitz described as the "fog and friction" of war.
The German strategist Von Clausewitz made the famous observation that war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means.
They should remember military theorist Carl von Clausewitz's dictum that all military plans evaporate after first contact with the enemy.
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In the early nineteenth century the Prussian military with guidance from strategists Karl von Clausewitz established a military general staff.
The upshot, then, is that though Clausewitz has had a good run, his advice in this regard could soon become redundant.
Von Clausewitz implied that a military leader, whether he liked it or not, was going to become part of the political equation.
That famous general was the 19th century military theorist Carl von Clausewitz.
If, to paraphrase Carl von Clausewitz, diplomacy is war by other means, then just as armies are called upon to concentrate their efforts and resources where they can do the most good for their cause, so governments must utilize their diplomatic resources - whether plentiful or scarce - to advance their most important national interests.
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