It’s very hard indeed to think of a single thinker or writer who looms as large over their chosen field of study as Carl von Clausewitz. Clausewitz, on the odd chance you haven’t heard of him in this ...

AI Quick Read At a time when conflicts are unfolding across the world, and geopolitical tensions are rising amid the breakdown of dialogue and diplomacy, people may turn to the insights of Carl von ...

Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the ‘moral’ and political aspects of war. He is a source of many succinct quotations with ...

“One of the glories of history is that it can never be definitive; good history is history on which others can build.” So wrote Peter Paret — the dean of American Clausewitz studies — in the preface ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series. There are consequences to prioritizing utility, as Brooks recognized in her 2004 law review article. The application of anachronistic legal ...