ABSTRACT

Clausewitz Talks Business: An Executive's Guide to Thinking Like a Strategist distills the wisdom of Carl von Clausewitz's monumental 1832 classic On War considered by many eminent scholars as the most distinguished Western work on war ever written. This book transposes Clausewitz's most enduring concepts on leadership and strategy to help today's

chapter 1|16 pages

What Is Conflict?

chapter 2|14 pages

Purpose and Means in Competitive Conflict

chapter 3|22 pages

On Genius

chapter 4|16 pages

Strategy (Part 1)

chapter 5|14 pages

Strategy (Part 2)

chapter 6|24 pages

Engagements and Their Consequences

chapter 7|20 pages

The Engagement in General

chapter 8|18 pages

Attack and Defense

chapter 9|24 pages

Defense of an Area of Operations

chapter 10|20 pages

The Nature of Strategic Attack

chapter 11|22 pages

Plans