Prussian general and military theorist. Fought Napoleon, then spent the rest of his life explaining him. On War is the foundational Western text on the nature of conflict.
"War is merely the continuation of policy by other means."
"Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult."
War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.
— Carl von Clausewitz
Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult.
