Center of Gravity

From On War by Carl von Clausewitz
The center of gravity is the hub of all power and movement on which everything depends; strategy aims to strike it decisively.
Book 8, Chapter 4

Closer definition of the military objective; identifying the enemy's center of gravity.

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Book 6, Chapter 27

Defense of a theater of war and centers of gravity.

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Book 8, Chapter 9

Plan of war designed to defeat the enemy by striking the center of gravity.

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