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Quotation from On War by Carl von Clausewitz
“War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale”
On War, Book I, Ch. 1, §2, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908)
Clausewitz's starting definition, which he then elaborates through the image of two wrestlers.
Citation: "War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale" — Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Book I, Ch. 1, §2, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908). (id on-war-q1)
Portrait: Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Wilhelm Wach, Public domain.
