The
Prussian military
theorist who is widely acknowledged as the most important of the major strategic theorists. Even though he's been dead for over a century and a half, he remains the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many respects the most modern. His most notable work, Vom
Kriege (On War), was unfinished at his death.
"To achieve victory we must mass our forces at
the hub of
all power and movement,
the enemy's centre of gravity." - Carl von Clausewitz
