Clausewitz's Advice to the New US President

Abstract

During our study of Carl von Clausewitz's "On War" in the context of America's quest for a unified grand strategy, we asked ourselves the following question: "If Clausewitz were alive today, what advice would he give to the U.S. President?" What follows is our imagined construction of such advice, based upon our extrapolations from "On War." Many modern readers may find Clausewitz's "advice" to be strong medicine indeed, but his unapologetic realpolitik serves to dramatize the dimensions of a serious national security problem for which no satisfactory solution has as yet been found. The author proposes to provide a Clausewitzian analysis of the American security situation today, based upon a version of "On War" adapted to modern needs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA528276

Entities

People

  • Dennis H. Long
  • James J. Montano

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Democracy
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Education
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • President (United States)
  • Security
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Universities
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Theoretical Analysis.