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Clausewitz and Contemporary War

Antulio J. Echevarria II

Print publication date: 2007

Print ISBN-13: 9780199231911

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2008

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231911.001.0001

Principles of Strategy

Chapter:
(p. 154 ) 7 Principles of Strategy
Source:
Clausewitz and Contemporary War
Author(s):

Antulio J. Echevarria II

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231911.003.0011

This chapter discusses Clausewitz's principles of strategy. Among these are: defence as the stronger form of war, numerical superiority, surprise, concentration, and the culminating point of victory. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Clausewitz eschewed principles, they were actually germane to his attempt to build a coherent theory of war.

Keywords:   defence, attack, culminating point of victory, principles of war, strategy, numerical superiority, victory

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