Carl von Clausewitz’s On War requires a patient reader. It is disjoined, unfinished, conceptually outdated and even contradictory at times. But it remains the single most important book … Read the rest
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*This is the last of a three-part blog series by Dr Tom Waldman exploring Clausewitz’s famous trinity*
Almost all discussion on the nature of war and strategy commences, wittingly and … Read the rest
*This is the second of a three-part blog series by Dr Tom Waldman exploring Clausewitz’s famous trinity*
Moving beyond depiction of war as either art or science, Clausewitz maintained that … Read the rest
*This is the first of a three-part blog series by Dr Tom Waldman exploring Clausewitz’s famous trinity*
In the form of his ‘remarkable trinity’, Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) laid the … Read the rest
Strategic studies have retained the thinking of Karl von Clausewitz at its core. The Prussian General’s understanding of war by reference to the political process saw wars as the … Read the rest
David Cameron responded to the concerns of his defence chiefs about the capacities of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force while fighting a war in Afghanistan and intervening in … Read the rest