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clausewitzian

a. Adhering to or described by the military theory of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20von%20Clausewitz.

Usage examples of "clausewitzian".

Shock and Awe can become sufficiently intimidating and compelling factors to force or otherwise convince an adversary to accept our will in the Clausewitzian sense, such that the strategic aims and military objectives of the campaign will achieve a political end.

The Clausewitzian dictum concerning the violent nature of war is dismissed only at our peril.

In this interpretation, blocs of adversaries remain, together, in a state that is neither classical peace nor classical war in the Clausewitzian sense.

Our focus is on the Clausewitzian principle of affecting the adversary's will to resist as the first order of business, quickly if not nearly instantaneously.