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Article: War and the Cult Of Clausewitz; How a Long-Dead Prussian Shaped U.S. Thinking On the Persian Gulf
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- December 6, 1990
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A dead Prussian haunts the Pentagon, the White House and
Capitol Hill. Lately he's been in those Senate hearings on the
Persian Gulf crisis, swaggering among the experts, whispering in
their ears, seizing their tongues, making them parrot the ideas of a
book from another century - his book.
The experts testify, sagely, that war is nothing but the
extension of politics, and that a warring nation must always keep
sight of the political objective. His idea. They warn that victory
in war does not always go to the side with the most firepower, that
war is a contest of will as much as might. His point exactly. The
experts sound wise. The Prussian gets no credit.
Only once has his name ...
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