biography
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Clausewitz, Karl (Philip Gottlieb) von
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pronunciation:
[klowzevits]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1780–1831)
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| biography:
| General, born in Burg, EC Germany. He served with distinction in the Prussian and Russian armies, and ultimately became director of the Prussian army school, and Gneisenau's chief-of-staff. His posthumously published Vom Kriege (1833, On War), advocating a policy of total war, revolutionized military theory, and was extremely influential in Germany and beyond. |
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