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...Germans had violated almost every cardinal doctrine of their cherished idols-Clausewitz, Schlieffen, Frederick the Great-and they were paying a fearful price. But for the present, as if unaware of their grotesque lurchings, they fought...
...Hans David Ludwig Yorck and the date was Dec. 30, 1812. Prussia was an ally of Napoleon at the time. The treasonable document he signed became known as the Convention of Tauroggen after Prussia turned against the Corsican. With the Russian general sat a young Prussian aide, Karl von Clausewitz, author later on of the world's most famous book of military theory, On War. With Yorck sat a Major von Seydlitz. At first, there was talk of court-martial for Yorck, but when Prussia's War of Liberation against Napoleon began, he became a national hero...
...rationales for the U.S. economy, the report seemed disappointingly obvious. This, too, could be construed as a triumph for the Ba-ruchian wisdom, which is as platitudinous as most wisdom in that it concentrates on the all-too-often-forgotten obvious things, which are so often the fundamentals. As Clausewitz contributed to military science such statements as "the overthrow of the Enemy [is] the aim of military action," so Messrs. Baruch & Hancock advise the U.S.: "Transition from a war economy to that of peace is not easy; nothing worth-while...
Through a Dark Glass. A true reserve, as Karl von Clausewitz said, is "a force ready for unforeseen events." By this classic definition, Germany literally has no reserves - so far as her enemies can find out. Every known part of the German forces is either engaged on present fronts or earmarked to meet invasion at foreseen points. In terms of these visible forces, Germany is like a man who has put aside just enough money to pay his next month's rent: he has no real surplus...
...straight-laced Manstein himself, such a betrayal may be acceptable. For like other Junkers he had been brought up on Junker Karl von Clausewitz's ageless lecture to Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm...