![]() His most notable work, Vom Kriege ( "On War"), though unfinished at his death, is considered a seminal treatise on military strategy.Ĭlausewitz was a realist in many different senses, including realpolitik, and while in some respects a romantic, he also drew heavily on the rationalist ideas of the European Enlightenment.Ĭlausewitz stressed the dialectical interaction of diverse factors, noting how unexpected developments unfolding under the " fog of war" (i.e., in the face of incomplete, dubious, and often erroneous information and great fear, doubt, and excitement) call for rapid decisions by alert commanders. (present-day Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)Ĭarl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz ( German pronunciation: ( listen) 1 June 1780 – 16 November 1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral", in modern terms meaning psychological, and political aspects of waging war. Burg bei Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empireīreslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
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