Pros And Cons Of Carl Von Clauseewitz

Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military theorist who is known best for his idea that war is more of a political continuation and for his concept of total war. He, himself entered the war world at the very young age of twelve. Carl then later continued to joined to fight against the French and after joined the Russian forces. Clausewitz had his fare share of experience in wars, he experienced it first hand. He then following the Napoleonic wars wrote one of his greats works On War. It was one of the best works explaining military strategy and military theory. The Napoleonic Wars started from 1803-1815 and were led by Napoleon against many European powers. The battle of Waterloo was basically the end of the bloody wars that …show more content…
The people's war has its pros and and its cons like everything else. Carl viewed war in itself as an extension of political issues and matters. The specific elements to a people's war was: it had to be held in the heart of the country, it could not be decided just by one incident, the national character is wanted to the measure, and that the country have good nature for war. A people's war should also never become just one solid body or else an enemy can strike easily to that large body and kill off many with just one blow. Clausewitz also says that the people's war should be organized really well into fundamental bodies of troops that are small and seem as they are regular but fit into a larger scale in the big army. Also, there cannot be too many regular troops in the district or else the people's war doesn't work as efficient as it should work. The people's wars should also defended and hold their ground for as long as possible until they cannot and then they should move from there and stay on the defense by attacking suddenly. Most importantly Carl reminds us that the people’s war can't be help up in a place too dangerous so matter how strong the will and passion to win