1. Getting the Next War Right: Beyond Population-centric Warfare
- Author:
- Thomas A. Marks, Sebastian L.v. Gorka, and Robert Sharp
- Publication Date:
- 06-2010
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- PRISM
- Institution:
- Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University
- Abstract:
- As the famous Prussian general once warned, the first priority is to ascertain what type of conflict is to be fought. Carl von Clausewitz's seminal writings laid the foundation of thinking for modern warfare defined around the needs of the nascent Westphalian nation-state. His prioritization, his "wonderful trinity," and his recognition that war is but "politics by other means" have served both strategist and statesman well during the conventional wars of the post-Napoleonic age.
- Topic:
- War
- Political Geography:
- Afghanistan, Mexico, and Prussia