So... can someone explain to me why a pacifist who clearly has little respect for Carl von Clausewitz would write the foreward for 'On War'?

It's like a member of PETA writing the intro to a guide on hunting. o_O Seriously.

SO AWKWARD.

Yeah, that's almost something that I'm seeing here. The guy seems to be dedicated to the notion that "Clausewitz has little to offer now, because he's so very antiquated."

Which... hmph. Underlying principles, people, come on.

Weird.

It really is.

...of course, it was also written in the height of the Cold War, so now I can point and laugh at his pontificating about how neither side could win and how dangerously misguided the US policy was.

is horrible

So horrible.

Hey, I'm not the one who's mangling a classic. chuckles

lolol