Word: clausewitz
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...peace of Tilsit, between Napoleon and Prussia, it was laid down that the Prussian Army was not to exceed 42,000 men. Prussia kept the treaty, but men like Scharnhorst, Clausewitz, Gneisenau, Stein, Grolmann, saw a way around it. They reorganized the Army on the basis of universal military service, which meant that they would never have an army of more than 42,000 men; but as the old classes were released, new classes were called up, and an effective trained reserve was formed...
...conclusion, he reminded the R. O. T. C. cadets of Clausewitz's words: "War is only a continuation of State policy by other means. The most decisive act of judgment of the statesman and general is to understand correctly the war in which he engages, not to take it for something which by the nature of the case it cannot possibly...