Military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz said that war is an extension of politics by other means.

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He had read On War, the classic written in 1832 by Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian military thinker.

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The German strategist Von Clausewitz made the famous observation that war is the continuation of diplomacy by other means.

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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.

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Von Clausewitz implied that a military leader, whether he liked it or not, was going to become part of the political equation.

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That famous general was the 19th century military theorist Carl von Clausewitz.

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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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