Context in case some of you unwashed heathens don’t know your von Clausewitz by heart: the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz famously said that “war is the continuation of politics/policy [Politik] by other means”
don’t know your von Clausewitz by heart
Dude, have you read “vom kriege”? Clausewitz can be about as clear and transparant as fucking Nostradamus. I got through the book, then read a second book that explained it and went “It does NOT say that!” about 8 million times.
Hmm. Sounds like Marx. Maybe it’s a general 19th century German thing.
I have, as part of a course on military history (3000 years ago). I don’t disagree with you at all, it was an absolute fucking slog
Now I feel bad! I made Von Clausewitz sad!
Think about what you did! Poor Carl has been inconsolable
Ok, I’ll bite. How bout them yankees?
we’re pretty good at the war thing, not so great at the politik thing
They are so bad at politics that it impacts their war now.
War is when you get an idea to invade a place, and then just do it. Politik is the next president’s problem.
