Clausewitz
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Clau·se·witz
(klou′zə-vĭts), Carl von 1780-1831. Prussian army officer and military theorist whose posthumously published On War (1832) pragmatically interprets war as an instrument of policy.
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Clausewitz
(German ˈklauzəvɪts)n
(Biography) Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
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Clau•se•witz
(ˈklaʊ zə vɪts)n.
Karl von, 1780–1831, German military officer and author of books on military science.
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Noun 1. Clausewitz - Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831)
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