Clausewitz: A very short introduction

Karl con Clausewitz is acknowledged to be one of the few truly great writers on war. Even though he wrote his only major work, On war, at a time when the range of firearms was fifty yards, much of what he had to say remains relevant today. Clausewitz´s ideas in terms both of his experiences as a professional soldier en the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the intellectual background of his time.