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Clausewitz

[ klou-zuh-vits ]

noun

  1. Karl von [kah, r, l f, uh, n], 1780–1831, German military officer and author of books on military science.


Clausewitz

/ ˈklauzəvɪts /

noun

  1. ClausewitzKarl von17801831MPrussianMILITARY: general Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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These gentlemen, said Clausewitz in brief, had the misfortune of mistaking the accoutrements of war for its essential nature.

Clausewitz not only survived World War II; he emerged from it with his reputation greatly enhanced.

War,” wrote Clausewitz, “is an extreme trial of strength and stamina.

Documents and firsthand accounts of Clausewitz at war by others are few and far between.

War,” wrote Carl von Clausewitz, “is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale.

Clausewitz would not look too kindly on a commander whose concern with a battle precluded his concern for his men.

It is not possible to give a stronger or more up-to-date example of the magnitude of the influence of Clausewitz.

From this consideration of the culminating point of victory follow the two classes into which Clausewitz divides all wars.

Field-Marshal Moltke was "his most distinguished pupil," and adapted the teaching of Clausewitz to the conditions of to-day.

One can really do no more than urge all to read Clausewitz for themselves, to go to the fountain-head, to the master-work itself.

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