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Firm reliance on self must make him proof against the seeming pressure of the moment; his first conviction will in the end prove true, when the foreground scenery which fate has pushed on to the stage of war, with its accompaniments of terrific objects is drawn aside, and the horizon extended.
- Carl von Clausewitz: ON WAR. Book 8, Chapter 1 - ClausewitzStudies.org
book 8 • chapter 1 Introduction IN the chapter on the...
- Carl von Clausewitz: ON WAR. Book 8, Chapter 1 - ClausewitzStudies.org
This book is built around a new and complete translation of Clausewitz's study of the Waterloo campaign [Berlin: 1835], which is a strategic analysis of the entire campaign (not just the Battle of Waterloo), and the Duke of Wellington's detailed 1842 response to it.
25 lut 2006 · What is War? 1. INTRODUCTION. We propose to consider first the single elements of our subject, then each branch or part, and, last of all, the whole, in all its relations—therefore to advance from the simple to the complex.
book 8 • chapter 1 Introduction IN the chapter on the essence and object of war, we sketched, in a certain measure, its general conception, and pointed out its relations to surrounding circumstances, in order to commence with a sound fundamental idea.
BOOK ONE 6. MODIFICATIONS IN PRACTICE Thus in the field of abstract thought the inquiring mind can never rest until it reaches the extreme, for here it is dealing with an extreme: a clash of forces freely operating and obedient to no law but their own. From a pUre concept of war you might try to deduce absolute terms for the objective you
This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli.
31 sie 2024 · Most of our present-day politicians have made their money in business--a "form of human competition greatly resembling War," to paraphrase Clausewitz. Did they, when in the throes of such competition, send formal notice to their rivals of their plans to get the better of them in commerce?
