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On War
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It's the single most influential book on war written since Sun Tzu's Art of War, and as I said, it's required reading in military academies in every country in the world.
What they say about it
- Required military reading“required reading in military academies”2
The best things said about it
Carl Carl Vanlausowitz right the guy who great book if you haven't read it on war I'm sure Phil's read it some others politics War is the extension of politics and the the objective it is of of it is to compel my enemy to do my will.
The most important attribute of a battlefield leader is common sense.
Jack Carr The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2023 What Carl von Clausewitz would have called the culminating point of victory.
Jack Carr The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2021 He invented the term fog of war and he wrote a book titled On War that is required reading in every military academy on Earth.
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
On War by Carl von Clausewitz is a foundational treatise on military strategy, political theory, and the nature of armed conflict, written by the Prussian general following the Napoleonic Wars. Riley Moore recommended the book on Timcast IRL, highlighting the famous premise that war is merely the continuation of politics by other means. Noah Feldman similarly praised the work on The Tim Ferriss Show, calling it the single most influential book on military strategy written since Sun Tzu's Art of War and noting its status as required reading in military academies globally. Marshall Kosloff brought up Clausewitz's theories on The Realignment to explain strategic concepts like targeting an enemy's center of gravity, while Jack Carr recommended the text on The Megyn Kelly Show as superior to modern alternatives. The book has also been analyzed in discussions by figures such as Brandon Weichert on The Megyn Kelly Show and Sarah Paine on the Dwarkesh Podcast, who contrasted its Western philosophical traditions with Eastern texts like the Samurai's Bushido Code. Additionally, Jack Carr frequently referenced Clausewitz on The Joe Rogan Experience to emphasize that common sense remains the single most important attribute for any battlefield leader. Clausewitz's enduring ideas continue to inform political scientists, historians, and military strategists seeking to understand the inextricable link between statecraft and violence.
Every mention
Jack Carr you might want to spend some more time with this uh on war by carl von klauschwitz or a host of other books… 4
“and uh it's Carl and klauschwitz who wrote on war said the most important attribute of a battlefield leader is common sense”
“and that's what carl von clashwoods who wrote on war he described as the most important attribute of a battlefield leader is common sense”
“especially after our initial successes in 2001 particularly december 2001 which would be what carl von klaschwitz would have called the culminating point of victory”
“you might want to spend some more time with this uh on war by carl von klauschwitz or a host of other books out there”
Marshall Kosloff And this is from on war by klaus wits so you're going to get some my graduate school 1
“And this is from on war by klaus wits so you're going to get some my graduate school”
Noah Feldman and it's this book called on war by von klausewitz a german general it's the single most influential book o… 1
“and it's this book called on war by von klausewitz a german general it's the single most influential book on war written since sun tzu's art of war and as i said it's required reading in military academies in every country in the world”
Riley Moore Carl Carl Vanlausowitz right the guy who great book if you haven't read it on war I'm sure Phil's read it s… 1
“Carl Carl Vanlausowitz right the guy who great book if you haven't read it on war I'm sure Phil's read it some others politics War is the extension of politics and the the objective it is of of it is to compel my enemy to do my will”
Brandon Weichert Von Clausewitz, the great Prussian leader in the Napoleonic War, wrote a book called On War. 1
“Von Clausewitz, the great Prussian leader in the Napoleonic War, wrote a book called On War.”
Robert Evans So Carl von Clausewitz is is like right up there with Sun Tzu in the pantheon of the best military minds in… 1
“So Carl von Clausewitz is is like right up there with Sun Tzu in the pantheon of the best military minds in history. He fought against Napoleon and helped beat Napoleon. He invented the term fog of war and he wrote a book titled On War that is required reading in every military academy on Earth pretty much to this”
Sarah Paine So the Japanese don't have just the one book like Sununza's the art of war or Clausowitz's on war. What the… 1
“So the Japanese don't have just the one book like Sununza's the art of war or Clausowitz's on war. What they have is Bushido Code of the Samurai.”
