Book 6, Chapter 1
'Defense is the stronger form of waging war.' Definition and core thesis.
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From On War by Carl von Clausewitz
Clausewitz famously argues that defense is intrinsically the stronger form of warfare, though it has a negative object; offense is weaker but pursues the positive object.
Book 6, Chapter 5
Defensive operations include offensive elements: 'a shield of blows.'
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The relation of attack to defense; culminating point of victory.
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