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Classics
begin with politics,” one more time, and then appends, “War must have the character
ofpoliticsandbemeasuredwithpoliticalcriterion.Insteadofadiplomaticdocument,
politicsheremeansmilitaryforceasatoolofpolitics.”
ThemodernviewpointofClausewitz
Today, war is not just performed by force anymore. In many areas of
society,warbreaksoutbetweenpeopleornations.Especially,Clausewitz
criticizes the immoderate subdivision of the army and emphasizes
the organic combination of each military branch, writing about the
Marcus Tullius Cicero
organization of an army, “the more vertically divided, the worse, but
(BC.106-BC.43).
He criticized war. But,
horizontallydividingthearmyisgoodforthecommander,becauseunits
before and after his age,
in the same class can receive the same detailed orders about tactics, but
The war will survive before
humanity’sextermination
with vertical organization, the leader’s orders are inefficiently passed
down without speed or accuracy,” and, “the various branches are more
likely to quarrel than an army that is vertically organized.” The same
holdstrueinbusiness.Forthesakeofprofit,comparingtheleaderofthe
armytotheChiefEcutiveOfficer,acompanythatisorganizedeffectivelycangetthe
rightinformationtoitsmanydepartments,suchaspersonnel,production,finance,and
thelike.
All things that history has revealed are considered in this book, and it teaches many
peopleitslessonsthroughmanyexamplesofwar. InthecaseofPoland,especially,we
learn that sudden changes in the state of international affairs affect the partition of a
countrysuchasKorea.Ifpoliticalinfluenceislacking,thatcountrywillmeetatragic
fateandwillbecomethebattlefieldofforeigncountries.
Clausewitz’ maxim, “Without clear awareness and firm will, nothing will end in
success,”notonlymeansit’stheonlyconditionforwinningawar,butalsoforlivinga
successfullife.
AfterClausewitz
His work, along with ‘The Art of War’, which is a highly influential ancient eastern
military treatise authored by Sun Tzu, is commonly listed as one of greatest works
aboutwarandhasinfluencedmanypeopleandnationsintheworldeversince.Itwas
fearedthatbooksdealingwithwarthatitisyetunfinished.
Still, war exists, but according to book, in a theoretical and absolute level of war, it
shouldneverbegin.Sincereasonablepeopleknowthatcan’tcontinuetosolveobstacles
problems with war, constantly supplying and moving troops into battle, there will
always be things that are unexpected in war, and then it can get out of control, as
historyhasshowntimeandtimeagain.Beforeadvocatingwar,warmongersinKorean
society need to think about Clasewitz’s philosphy, and consider the damages for our
society,andfurtherstudytheRomanstatesman,MarcusTulliusCicero’ssaying,“Even
unjustpeaceismuchbetterthanthemostjustwar.”
Tothisday,Clausewitzmaybecontroversial,butheisn’twrong.
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JUNE 2010

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