ABSTRACT
It was the realization that the power unleashed by the French Revolution could so massively influence war so aptly demonstrated by Napoleon which focused Clausewitz's early thoughts, and which directed his initial study. Indeed, in the section of the same chapter headed, 'Theory should be study, Not Doctrine', the purpose of theory to the commander, Clausewitz explains, will be to 'light his way, ease his progress, train his judgment, and help him avoid pitfalls'. Although his work is incomplete, Clausewitz did provide instructions with which we can make judgements about how to proceed. The one stumbling block arising from this relates to the fact that it is in this chapter that Clausewitz articulates his belief that 'war can be of two kinds'; an idea that first appears as late as his note of 1827. As Clausewitz explains, 'Military activity is never directed against material forces alone; it is always aimed simultaneously at the moral forces.
