Clausewitz,
Karl von 1780-1831; Prus. army officer & writer on military strategy
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(klouˈzə-vĭts), Karl von 1780-1831.
Prussian army officer and military theorist who proposed the doctrines of total war and war as an instrument of policy. His treatise On War was published posthumously (1833).