In the marginalia of his copy of On War, influential fighter pilot-theorist John Boyd laments that Carl von Clausewitz never thought about inducing friction for the adversary: “Overcome friction, ...

But, instead of following Mao, the two sides may already be practising what the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz teaches in his classic On War.

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In his classic text “On War,” the great philosopher of war Carl von Clausewitz introduced the concept of the “center of gravity.” The center of gravity in war is “the hub of all power ...

For a concise biography of Carl von Clausewitz, see Beatrice Heuser, “Introduction,” in Carl von Clausewitz, On War, abridged edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. vii–xxxiv. On the ...

“Battles,” Carl Von Clausewitz said, “decide everything.” Yet the famed Prussian military theorist is wrong. Great battles and brilliant leaders can shape the course of events. But often ...

Clausewitz, Carl von: On War (1832) trans. Peter Paret and Michael Howard, Princeton, 1976 (or abridged, Oxford University Press, 2009). Beatrice Heuser: Reading Clausewitz, Pimlico, 2002 Hew Strachan ...

Naval War College Review, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Spring 2022), pp. 37-65 (29 pages) Complexity theories indeed do apply to war, and Clausewitz’s theories were the first to grapple with them. War is nonlinear ...

Dennis Ross, a special assistant to President Barack Obama, is counselor and distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian general and ...

President Donald Trump's new tariff campaign, imposing heavy taxes on imports from both friendly and unfriendly U.S. trading partners, might have prompted the famous Prussian general and military ...