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Carl von Clausewitz entered the Prussian military at the age of twelve as a Lance-Corporal and would go on to obtain the rank of Major-General. In "On War", Clausewitz draws upon his experiences fighting in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, as well as his military studies at the "Kriegsakademie", or Prussian War Academy, which he would eventually become director of. Clausewitz employs a dialectical approach to military analysis, which leads...
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The Germans interpret their new national colours - black, red, and white - by the saying, "Durch Nacht und Blut zur licht." ("Through night and blood to light"), and no work yet written conveys to the thinker a clearer conception of all that the red streak in their flag stands for than this deep and philosophical analysis of "War" by Clausewitz.
3) DE LA GUERRA
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Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) fue un general prusiano, uno de los más influyentes historiadores y teóricos de la ciencia militar moderna y que tuvo como uno de sus principales legados la obra clásica: "De la guerra", una referencia obligada sobre guerras y estrategias militares.
La obra ocupó doce años de la vida de su autor y su mujer, la condesa de Brühl, se encargó de la edición póstuma de este breviario estratégico. De la Guerra segue...
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