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Quotation from On War by Carl von Clausewitz
“War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will”
On War, Book I, Ch. 1, §2, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908)
The formal definition, italicised in the source; force is the means and imposing one's will the object.
Citation: "War therefore is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will" — Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Book I, Ch. 1, §2, trans. J. J. Graham (1873), rev. F. N. Maude (1908). (id on-war-q2)
Portrait: Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Wilhelm Wach, Public domain.
