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Originally Posted by lastdingo
Clausewitz is more applicable simply because his work is more comprehensive and less prone to free interpretation.
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Clausewitz has seen plenty of free interpretation. The whole concept of the politicians make the decision to start a war and then it should be handed over completely to those in uniform stems was a common initial misinterpretation of Clausewitz.
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"So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3
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