Karl Von Clausewitz, a name you should remember

  Who is this guy? You should know him or at least his book: On war. Some people mistkae military strategy with businnes strategy and consider Clausewitz a bussiness strategist. I disaggree but more of that in my UPCOMING THESIS. here are some information about Mr. Karl. He was an Prussian army office and was present at may major battles of the Napoleonic wars, including Jena and Waterloo. From 1818 he became superintendent of the Berlin War College, a postion that enabled him to develop his historical and theoretical views on Warfare. What i completely aggree with him on principle was that war ideally consituted "the continuation of politics by other means", a preactical instrument for achieving political goals, which should be limited in its means and its ends. Yet , in his dense and subtle arguments, he also recognized the irrational violence of war and the large measure of chaos and chance involved in armed conflict. To all my readers you should read his books. It will broaden your horizons. ALthough i have to say i prefer Zhuge Liang's book on strategy.