Meaning of Clausewitzian | Babel Free

Definitions

Adhering to or described by the military theory of Carl von Clausewitz.

Examples

“The Jominian and Clausewitzian conceptions, with their checkerboard and geometrical analogies, were plausible enough when applied to the medium sized armies operating in the French-German-Italian theatre of the Napoleonic period.”

“It was a campaign of disruption, conceived and conducted along classic, Clausewitzian lines.”

“Indeed, I thought it seemed like a waste of time and intelligence even to speak of this war as rational activity, as a Clausewitzian continuation of politics by other means.”

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