Week 1: Wednesday, January 18
Many historians consider Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) to be the greatest military theorist the West has ever produced.
1) According to Knox and Murray, what is the difference between a "military revolution" and a "revolution in military affairs"?
2) What are the various ways in which Clausewitz defines war? Which definition does he finally settle on?
3) According to Clausewitz, what is the "paradoxical trinity"?
4) According to Clausewitz, what factors limit a war's size, scope, destructiveness, and intensity?
5) According to Clausewitz, is war an art or a science? If it is neither, what exactly is it?
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