Transcript Clausewitz VS Sun Tzu

Clausewitz VS Sun Tzu
Nasim Ibrahim
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Clausewitz and Sun Tzu
-Prussia and China
- 200 vs 2000 years ago
- war is the main concept for both of them
- similarities and differences
- Military general and theorist VS military general, philosopher and strategist
Similarities
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War
Clausewitz
Sun Tzu
War is a changing phenomenon
War is not only a true chameleon, because it changes its nature slightly in
each concrete case, but it is also, in its overall appearance, in relation to
its inherent tendencies, a wondrous trinity. (Clausewitz, 2007, p.30).
And as water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.
(Sun Tzu, 1986, p.22)
Differences
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“The Art of ” and “On”
Sun Tzu
strategies, tactics, diplomacy, and
intelligence on how to win a war
01.01] Warfare is important to a nation. It is a matter of life and death. It is
the way to survival or to destruction. So study it.
[01.02] Study the five factors of warfare: Way, Heaven, Ground, General,
and Law. Calculate your strength in each and compare them to your
enemy's strengths.
Clausewitz
What is war? Essence of war? How it happens?
Why it happens?...
“The definition of war is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale”
“War is an extension of politics by other means”
Contemporary security issues and war
Defense and offense
Contemporary
security issues
State war: strategic offense and tactical
defense
Small war: tactical offense and strategic
defense
Active Defense
“Within the theatre of war which we have decided to defend,
we can attack the enemy where and how it pleases us. There
we have all the means completely to destroy the enemy army,
just as in any offence. Indeed, in our own theatre of war, this is
much easier for us than for our enemy”
(Daase in Strachan, 2007, p.189).
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