The Grand Strategy of Carl Von Clausewitz

Summary

Francis Miyata writing in War Room-US Army War College makes the following points:

• Von Clausewitz defined strategy as "the use of the engagement to attain the object of war".
• Coined the phrase "war is a continuation of politics by other means."
• The nation-state is characterized by its capacity to harness material and the people's energy and convert it into the activity of war.
• Now commerce is being weaponized in "civil-military fusion."
• In China's Belt and Road Initiative, civil-economic development has potential military uses.

References

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References from the Web

• NOV 2014 Everything You Know About Clausewitz Is Wrong-the Diplomat
• MAR 2022 What Would Clausewitz Say about Putin’s War on Ukraine?-US Naval Institute
• MAR 2022 Clausewitz is Dead- Campaigning: The Journal of the Joint Forces Staff College

Source Information: War Room –US Army War College

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