Book 1, Chapter 1, Section 24
The canonical formulation: 'War is merely the continuation of policy by other means.'
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From On War by Carl von Clausewitz
Clausewitz's most cited thesis: war is not autonomous but a continuation of political intercourse carried on with other means, subordinating military aims to political purpose.
Book 8, Chapter 6B
Extended argument that war is an instrument of policy and must never be considered in isolation from its political purpose.
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War as a political act, never severable from political life.
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