President Trump is using the "fog of war" to mask his intentions in matters both domestic and foreign, creating uncertainty ...

Naval War College Review, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Fall 1977), pp. 3-36 (34 pages) For nearly 150 years Carl von Clausewitz' unfinished masterpiece On War has confounded, baffled and even inspired students; ...

Clausewitz's writings on the sentimental dimensions of war help explain China's recent moves in the South China Sea. Halloween or not, The Naval Diplomat is not scared of a German arms race. Quite ...

2. Brian Cole, “Clausewitz’s Wondrous Yet Paradoxical Trinity: The Nature of War as a Complex Adaptive System,” Joint Force Quarterly, no. 96 (1st Quarter 2020), pp. 42–49. 3. Olivia A. Garard, ed., ...

Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and military theorist, famously noted that war is an instrument, not an end in itself. Only in circumstances in which one is fighting a war of survival can ...

Two of the world’s leading military minds have their works made mandatory reading in all military academies worldwide.

In his classic book On War, first published in 1832, Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz defined "war" as "a duel on a larger scale" and an "act of force to compel our enemy to do our will." ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The tactical defeats presented here, however, meet Carl von Clausewitz’s standard for “operations that have direct political repercussions”—namely ...

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 25 - Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Monday said the safest way to lose a war is engaging on two fronts, quoting Prussian general and author Carl von Clausewitz and ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Many of you will protest who made my list, who got left off and who was placed where in the pecking order. Good! Get out ...