Ep 78: Hew Strachan on Clausewitz (New Makers of Modern Strategy #7)
School of War • Jun 20, 2023
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Hew Strachan, Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews and a contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to talk about Carl von Clausewitz.
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• 02:10 Introduction
• 04:31 Serious-minded
• 09:43 On War
• 11:54 Deconstruct to construct
• 15:19 Distinctions in war
• 24:07 The American embrace of Clausewitz
• 28:00 Context is everything
• 32:14 Politics by other means
• 36:24 Clausewitz the Marxist
• 40:05 Absolute and Total