Clausewitz
- proper noun
- /ˈklɔːzəvɪts/
- Von Clausewitz said, "War is a continuation of state policy."
- von Clausewitz
- Clausewitz's dictum
- Clausewitz, On War
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Examples
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Clausewitz offers a number of illuminating thoughts about theory and its role that are applicable to this situation.
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Karl von Clausewitz's entire theory of war assumes an accurate assessment of the enemy.
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Clausewitz said that war is the natural extension of politics.
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Who was Carl von Clausewitz?
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If war, as Clausewitz says, is politics by other means, then the Schlieffen plan was a dead letter.
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The great military strategist Clausewitz once said that "war is the continuation of politics by other means," but the opposite is true as well.
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Disciples of the famed Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz argue that military action should be an extension of strategy.
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As the Prussian general Karl von Clausewitz remarked two centuries ago, "A conqueror is always a lover of peace."
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But when the public is disengaged, foreign policy becomes—to paraphrase Clausewitz—the continuation of domestic politics by other means.
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Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian military theorist, argued that war is a continuation of politics by other means.
Synonyms
A Prussian army leader and military thinker known for the idea that war continues politics by other means
Surface Forms
Etymology
Clausewitz is a German family name from the border area between Germany and Poland and probably combines the common name Klaus and the ending -witz that appears in place and family names. That's why Clausewitz now stands for the ideas of the Prussian general who wrote about war and politics.