How to pronounce “clausewitz” in English

Clausewitz is very heavily involved in this.

Clausewitz doesn't want to participate in anything under the French flag.

Clausewitz is involved in this campaign from the first day it starts to the very bitter end of it.

Clausewitz initially is on one of the extended versions of the czar's staff through his connections with various officers and politicians, but he doesn't want to do this.

Clausewitz is involved in the cavalry attack that the Russians launch, try to launch on this flank here, and they have a firefight with some French and Croatian troops

Clausewitz goes back to the rear guard.

Clausewitz's unit comes in contact with this.

Clausewitz talks to them and after a couple days of conversations-- and there's certainly some willingness.

Clausewitz, he tries to get back in the Prussian army.

Clausewitz calls this the most memorable day of his life.

Clausewitz will have a couple of jobs in the Prussian army after this.

But Clausewitz was also a soldier, and this is sometimes forgotten in the discussion of his ideas and end of his life.

Now Clausewitz will fight at the Battle of Auerstedt right here.

And Clausewitz is shipped off to France as a prisoner of war with Prince August.

that Clausewitz is in will make contact with the Prussian Expeditionary Corps.

And Clausewitz is hit on the side of the head with a bayonet in what was probably a cavalry charge against a French infantry

And Clausewitz does not fight in the Battle of Waterloo itself, but he fights in a couple of other places during the campaign.

For Clausewitz, it's the worst night of his life.

And Clausewitz's wife writes later about why he thought this was such a bad day.

To Clausewitz, theory was really very important-- having a theory, a method for approaching things.

To Clausewitz, wars are divided into two types.

And Clausewitz famously, as he was writing his great work on war, had a rethink because you looked back and realized

I've tried reading Clausewitz and didn't go too far.

And so Clausewitz, again, he was a soldier, and a soldier with an enormous amount of experience.

But to Clausewitz, this is kind of a disappointing campaign in a couple senses.

And so Clausewitz ends up in this army that's Bernadotte's army, but he ends up working for this man named Walmoden in Walmoden's corps.

The unit that Clausewitz is technically a part of-- I looked at their roster-- it's supposed to be the Russo-German legion.

But then Clausewitz goes to yet his fifth war.

Because to Clausewitz, war and reality-- its influence is determined by these various things.

So what would Clausewitz say about how do you think about fighting a war-- what do you think about, what do you do before you're getting into this thing?

Because in Clausewitz's mind, understanding what you want-- everything else is going to flow from that.

Is there anything Clausewitz has to say that you find has become particularly relevant in current conflicts or with current technology?

But if they've ever heard of Clausewitz, or if anyone's ever heard of him, obviously he's the author of "On War."

And you can see what Clausewitz says about him.

From a much more distinguished family then Clausewitz.

Bob mentioned earlier the famous quote from Clausewitz, "War is nothing but the continuation of policy with other means or politics by other means,"

There's one paragraph here from Clausewitz.

And from this French Revolutionary experience rises up one Clausewitz's other influences in many ways, this man here-- Napoleon Bonaparte-- who

Well, Clausewitz goes off to his first war in January of 1793.

And Clausewitz is his star pupil.

Scharnhorst, he teaches Clausewitz how to think in many ways, which is what is critical.

Now in 1806, Clausewitz will march off to his second war.

Well, Clausewitz has become very ambitious, and he's in a country-- Prussia-- where being a soldier matters.

Roughly, Clausewitz's unit follows this blue line essentially, and eventually they're forced to surrender near the city of Prenzlau after a three-hour firefight.

happen on the tail of this is you will have yet Clausewitz's next war.

And also, with Clausewitz, these are things you should do, he will say.

So in 1831, Clausewitz will die as a result of the big cholera epidemic that sweeps through Europe.

And the basic point that they sought to get over-- and Clausewitz is much more nuanced and settled than Germany in this.

There was one campaign where both Germany and Clausewitz were present, which is the 1812 campaign against Russia