Emphasizing psychology and practicality rather than advocating specific strategies, it identified the will to fight as a fundamental key.
This work drew on the experiences of Frederick the Great and Napoleon and it provided the first theoretical treatment of its title subject. Emphasizing psychology and practicality rather than advocating specific strategies, it identified the will to fight as a fundamental key. Citing the defensive position as preferable but not absolute, it centered on the author's dictum that the subject "is merely the continuation of politics by other means." FTP, name this work by Prussian military strategist Karl von Clausewitz.
This work drew on the experiences of Frederick the Great and Napoleon and it provided the first theoretical treatment of its title subject.
{On War} or {Vom Kriege}