Rebooting Clausewitz offers an entirely new take on the work of
history's greatest theorist of war. Written for an undergraduate
readership that often struggles with Clausewitz's master work On
War--a book that is often considered too philosophical and
impenetrably dense--it seeks to unpack some of Clausewitz's key
insights on theory and strategy. In three fictional interludes
Clausewitz attends a seminar at West Point; debates the War on
Terror at a Washington think tank; and visits a Robotics Institute
in Santa Fe where he discusses how scientists are reshaping the
future of war. Three separate essays situate Clausewitz in the
context of his times, discuss his understanding of the culture of
war, and the extent to which two other giants--Thucydides and Sun
Tzu--complement his work. Some years ago the philosopher W.B.
Gallie argued that Clausewitz needed to be 'saved from the
Clausewitzians'. Clausewitz doesn't need saving and his
commentators have contributed a great deal to our understanding of
On War's seminal status as a text. But too often they tend to
conduct a conversation between themselves. This book is an attempt
to let a wider audience into the conversation.
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