It is a contest between two independent wills.Ħ Clausewitz Used a trinitarian analysis consisting of (1) primordial violence, hatred, and enmity (2) the play of chance and probability and (3) war’s element of subordination to rational policy Often loosely expressed as “the people, the military, and the government” Analyzed “absolute war” or “war in theory,” but then noted that factors such as poor intelligence, chance, friction, etc make war in practice different than war in the abstract Argued one should focus his military efforts against the enemy’s “center of gravity” (“Schwerpunkt”) Very important concept in American military doctrineħ Jomini Antoine-Henri Jomini ( ) was a Swiss military theorist who sought to interpret Napoleon Published the Summary of the Art of War in 1838 Became the premier military-educational text of the mid-nineteenth century and greatly influenced Civil War generals. A form of social intercourse War is like a wrestling match It is “an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.” But it is not unilateral. It is a continuation of “policy” (or “politics”) by other means. Resigned his commission in 1812 and joined the Russian Army to fight Napoleon Ideas on war were heavily influenced by the mass popular warfare of the French Revolutionary period and Napoleon’s Prussian adversary Gerhard von Scharnhorst Died in 1831 and his wife published his On War in 1832ĥ Clausewitz War is neither an art nor a science 1 General Military Strategic, Doctrinal, Operational, and Leadership ConceptsĢ Agenda Key Theorists Principles of War Facets of the Operational Artįorms of Maneuver METT-TC Strategy Strategic LeadershipĤ Clausewitz Carl von Clausewitz Prussian officer born in 1780
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