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Carl von Clausewitz - Vom Kriege - On War - Documentaries/podcasts/lectures

212 videos • 9,089 views • by Schwerpunkt A documentary-podcast series dedicated to the reading and critical commentary of Carl von Clausewitz's On War. Each video is dedicated to a single paragraph and I plan to finish the whole work within 3 years.
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Starting a vom Kriege series: the relevance of von Clausewitz
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Von Clausewitz's life and times (1780-1831)
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Marie von Clausewitz's preface to Vom Kriege
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Vom Kriege - Notice
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Vom Kriege - Foreword of the Author
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 1: Introduction
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 2: Definition
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 3: Utmost use of force
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 4: The aim is to disarm the enemy
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 5: Utmost exertion of powers
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 6: Modifications in the reality
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 7: War is never an isolated act
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 8: War does not consist of a single instananeous blow
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 9: The result in war is never absolute
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 10: The probabilities of real life take the place of the conceptions of the....
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 11: The political object now reappears
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 12: A suspension in the action of war unexplained by anything said as yet
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 13: There is only one cause which can suspend the action...
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 14: Thus a continuance of action will ensue which will advance towards a climax
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 15: Here, therefore, the principle of polarity is brought into requisition
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 16: Attack and defence are things differing in kind and of unequal force
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 17: The effect of polarity is often destroyed by the superioty of the defence
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 18: A second ground consists in the imperfect knowledge of circumstances
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 19: Frequent periods of inaction in war remove it further from the absolute
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 20: Therefore, the element of chance only is wanting to make of war a game
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 21: War is a game both objectively and subjectively
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 22: How this accords best with human mind in general
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 23: War is always a serious means for a serious object
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 24: War is a mere continuation of policy by other means
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 26: They may all be regarded as political acts
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 27: Influence of this view on the right understanding of military history
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Vom Kriege, I, 1, 28: Result for theory
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Vom Kriege, I, 2: End and means in War - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, I, 2: End and means in War - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, I, 2 - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, I, 2 - Part 4
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Vom Kriege, I, 2 - Part 5
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Vom Kriege, I, 2 - Part 6
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Vom Kriege, I, 2 - Part 7
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 4
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 5
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 6
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 7
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 8
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Vom Kriege, I, 3 - Part 9
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Vom Kriege, I, 4: Of danger in War
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Vom Kriege, I, 5: Of bodily exertion in War
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Vom Kriege, I, 6: Information in War
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Vom Kriege, I, 7: Friction in War
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Vom Kriege, II, 1: Branches of the Art of War - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, II, 1: Branches of the Art of War - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 1: The first conception of the "Art of War" was merely the preparation
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 2: True War first appears in the Art of sieges
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 3: Then Tactics tried to find its way in the same direction
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 4: The real conduct of War only made its appearence incidentally and incognito
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 5: Reflections on military events brought about the want of a theory
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 7: Limitation to material objects
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 8: Superiority of numbers
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 9: Victualling of troops
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 10: Base
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 11: Interior Lines
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 12: All these attempts are open to objection
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 13: As a rule they exclude genius
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 14: The difficulty of theory as soon as moral quantities come into consideration
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 15: The moral quantities must not be excluded in War
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 16: Principal difficulty of a theory for the conduct of War
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 17: First speciality - Moral forces and their effects (hostile feeling)
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 18: The impressions of Danger. (Courage)
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 19: Extent of the influence of danger
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 20: Other powers of feeling
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 21: Peculiarty of mind
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 22: From the diversity in mental individualities arises the diversity ...
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 23: Second Peculiarity--living Reaction
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 25: Positive theory is impossible
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 26: Means left by which a theory is possible
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 27: Theory must be of the nature of observations not of doctrine
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 28: By this point of view theory becomes possible
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 29: Theory therefore considers the nature of ends and means
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 30: Circumstances which always attend the application of the means
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 31: Locality
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 32: Time of Day
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 33: Weather
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 34: End and means in strategy
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 35: Circumstances which attend the application of the means of strategy
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 36: These form new means
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 37: Strategy deduces only from experience the ends and means to be examined
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 38: How far the analysis of the means should be carried
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 39: Great semplification of the knowledge required
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 40: This explains the rapid growth of great generals, and why a general is...
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 41: Former contradictions
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 42: On this account all use of knowlege was denied, and everything...
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 43: The knowledge must be made suitabile to the position
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 44: The knowledge in war is very simple, at the same time, very easy
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 45: Of the nature of this knowledge
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Vom Kriege, II, 2, 46: Science must become art
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Vom Kriege, II, 3, 1: Usage still unsettled
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Vom Kriege, II, 3, 2: Difficulty of separating perception from judgement (Art of War)
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Vom Kriege, II, 3, 3: War is part of the intercourse of the human race
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Vom Kriege, II, 3, 4: Difference
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Vom Kriege, II, 4: Methodicism - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, II, 4: Methodicism - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, II, 4: Methodicism - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, II, 4: Methodicism - Part 4
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 4
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 6
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 7
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Vom Kriege, II, 5: Criticism - Part 8
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Vom Kriege, II, 6: On examples - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, II, 6: On examples - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, II, 6: On examples - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, II, 6: On examples - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, III, 1: Strategy - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, III, 1: Strategy - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, III, 1: Strategy - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, III, 2: Elements of Strategy
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Vom Kriege, III, 3: Moral forces
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Vom Kriege, III, 4: The chief moral powers
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Vom Kriege, III, 5: Military virtue of an army - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, III, 5: Military virtue of an army - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, III, 6: Boldness
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Vom Kriege, III, 7: Perseverance
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Vom Kriege, III, 8: Superiority of numbers - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, III, 8: Superiority of numbers - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, III, 9: The Surprise
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Vom Kriege, III, 9: The Surprise
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Vom Kriege, III, 10: Stratagem
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Vom Kriege, III, 11: Assembly of forces in space
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Vom Kriege, III, 12: Assembly of forces in time - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, III, 12: Assembly of forces in time - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, III, 13: Strategic Reserve
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Vom Kriege, III, 14: Economy of forces
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Vom Kriege, III, 15: Geometrical element
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Vom Kriege, III, 16: On the suspension of the act in warfare
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Vom Kriege, III, 17: On the character of modern war
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Vom Kriege, III, 18: Tension and rest
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Vom Kriege, IV, 1: Introductory
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Vom Kriege, IV, 2: Character of the modern battle
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Vom Kriege, IV, 3: The combat in general
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Vom Kriege, IV, 4: The combat in general (continuation) - Part 1
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On writing a good (history) article + rant on calls for papers and education
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Vom Kriege, IV, 4: The combat in general (continuation) - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, IV, 4: The combat in general (continuation) - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, IV, 5: On the signification of the combat
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Vom Kriege, IV, 6: Duration of the combat
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Vom Kriege, IV, 7: Decision of the combat - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, IV, 7: Decision of the combat - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, IV, 8: Mutual understanding as to a battle
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Vom Kriege, IV, 9: The battle, its decision
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Vom Kriege, IV, 10: Effects of victory (continuation)
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Vom Kriege, IV, 11: The use of the battle
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Vom Kriege, IV, 12: Strategic means of utilising victory - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, IV, 12: Strategic means of utilising victory - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, IV, 12: Strategic means of utilising victory - Part 3
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Vom Kriege, IV, 13: Retreat after a lost battle
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Vom Kriege, IV, 14: Night fighting
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Vom Kriege, V, 1: General scheme
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Vom Kriege, V, 2: Theatre of War, Army, Campaign
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Vom Kriege, V, 3: Relation of Power
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Vom Kriege, V, 4: Relation of the Three Arms - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, V, 4: Relation of the Three Arms - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, V, 5: Order of Battle of an Army
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Vom Kriege, V, 6: General Disposition of an Army
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Vom Kriege, V, 7: Advanced Guard and Out-Posts - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, V, 7: Advanced Guard and Out-Posts - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, V, 8: Mode of Action of Advanced Corps
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Vom Kriege, V, 9: Camps
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Vom Kriege, V, 10: Marches - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, V, 10: Marches - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, V, 11: Marches (continued)
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Schwerpunkt comes back on January 2, 2021: here's why
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Schwerpunkt is back on track
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Vom Kriege, V, 12: Marches (continued)
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Vom Kriege, V, 13: Cantonments - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, V, 13: Cantonments - Part 2
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Vom Kriege, V, 14: Subsistence
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Vom Kriege, V, 14, 1: Living on the inhabitants, or on the community, which is the same thing
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Vom Kriege, V, 14, 2: Subsistence through exactions enforced by the troops themselves
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Objective and subjective victory
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Vom Kriege, V, 14, 3: Subsistence through exactions enforced by the troops themselves
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Vom Kriege, V, 14, 4: Subsistence from Magazines
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Vom Kriege, V, 15: Base of operations
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Vom Kriege, V, 16: Lines of Communication
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Vom Kriege, V, 17: On Country and Ground
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Vom Kriege, V, 18: Command of Ground
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Vom Kriege, VI, 1, 1: Conception of Defence
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Vom Kriege, VI, 1, 2: Advantages of the Defensive
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Vom Kriege, VI, 2: The relations of the offensive and defensive to each other in tactics
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Vom Kriege, VI, 3: The relations of the offensive and defensive to each other in strategy
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Vom Kriege, VI, 4: Convergence of attack and divergence of defence
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Vom Kriege, VI, 5: Character of the strategic defensive
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Vom Kriege, VI, 6: Extent of the means of defence
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Vom Kriege, VI, 7: Mutual action and reaction of attack and defence
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Vom Kriege, VI, 8: Methods of resistance - Part 1
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Vom Kriege, VI, 8: Methods of resistance - Part 3
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