Carl Von Clausewitz
Essays

Clausewitz's contribution to the art of warfare is well established. In this treatise, On War (Clausewitz,1989), he set forth his various views on how modern warfare should be conducted.

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The document considers two military theorists, Clausewitz and Jomini, in terms of their strategies. While most consider these two theorists to be divergent in their theories, it is also possible to see them as complementing forces for effective military leadership. As such, the two theorists and their writings have worked in tandem for more than a century to inform the art of warfare.

Carl Von Clausewitz, the prominent theorist of war, stated that "a certain grip of military affairs is essential for those in control of general policy."First identifying the actuality of government leaders not being military experts, and the only sound measure is to formulate the commander-in-chief a member of the cabinet. Governments, are organized when their chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is by regulation the top military consultant to the president. The evidence of military success in this century specifies that Clausewitz was right. The deeper the association between the nation's senior military commanding officers and the government, the more successful that nation is in using the military instrument of foreign policy to achieve national political objectives.

American military strategy has been influenced most heavily by the theories of two men who wrote their individual thoughts in the years following the end of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe.

No one starts a war -- or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so -- without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war… (Clausewitz).