Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz[note 1] (/ ˈklaʊzəvɪts / KLOW-zə-vits; German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊzəvɪts] ⓘ; born Carl Philipp Gottlieb Clauswitz; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) [1] was a Prussian army officer and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War ...
Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military thinker, whose work Vom Kriege (1832; On War) has become one of the most respected classics on military strategy. Clausewitz enlisted in the Prussian army in 1792, and in 1793–95 he took part (and was commissioned) in the campaigns of the
This is an expansive collection of information—texts, bibliographies in many languages, images, videos, etc.—concerning the controversial German military thinker Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831).
WAR ROOM welcomes Francis Miyata to demonstrate that Clausewitz provides an implicit definition of grand strategy in his magnum opus, On War. Francis argues that the definition is found not in his theory of war but extrapolated from his theory of the state, which is the bearer of multiple means of political intercourse, including war. He examines how the definition integrates all the tools of ...
This is the 1942 Hans Gatzke translation of Carl von Clausewitz's 1812 essay, 'Die wichtigsten Grundsätze des Kriegführens zur Ergänzung meines Unterrichts bei Sr. Königlichen Hoheit dem Kronprinzen,' generally knoiwn in English as 'The Principles of War.' Presented by ClausewitzStudies.org.
What makes strategic theory Clausewitzian? What is it about Clausewitzian thought that provides its “timeless” quality? Joseph Guerra argues that it is Clausewitz’s General Theory of war that provides the answers to these questions.