"Why we should stop teaching Clausewitz" Topic
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| Tango01 | 01 Mar 2019 12:35 p.m. PST |
"Carl von Clausewitz is one of the most profound military thinkers of all time. His famous book On War is our bible and he is a god among military strategists. But we should stop teaching Clausewitz in the U.S. military. Most will view this discussion as blasphemy. How dare I advocate that we stop teaching the divine inspirations of Clausewitz. Sean McFate provides a similar discussion in his new book The New Rules of War: "A hagiography exists around the man, and his book On War is enshrined in Western militaries as a bible. When I teach this text to senior officers at the war college, the room grows silent with reverence. His ideas constitute the DNA of Western strategic thought." On War was published in 1832 and we continue to look to it for timeless principles of warfare, but why? As Ian T. Brown wrote in A New Conception of War, "We must move beyond the past."…"
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 Flashman14  | 01 Mar 2019 2:17 p.m. PST |
Interesting. Everyone should read Clausewitz but one shouldn't stop there. I agree with the first comment on that piece. |
| Tango01 | 02 Mar 2019 12:24 p.m. PST |
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