On War

by Carl von Clausewitz • 1832

"What can a nineteenth-century Prussian general teach a twenty-first-century executive or entrepreneur about business strategy? Everything! When alliances are made, broken, and reconstituted at dizzying speed; when experience is left helpless in the face of unprecedented events; and when rules, principles, and how-to prescriptions no longer apply - these, says Carl von Clausewitz, are the times during which the true strategist thrives. Certainly present in times of war, these conditions are virtually endemic to today's economy." "Clusewitz on Strategy speaks loudly and clearly to both reflective practitioners of business and emerging strategists about how to proceed during periods of instability, uncertainty, and rapid change.". "With a fresh translation and editing that carefully selects one-sixth of the original material, these highly focused selections from Clausewitz's classic On War present a philosophy of strategy that fuses logical analysis, classical dialectics, historical understanding, psychological insight, and sociological comprehension into an encompassing exposition of strategic thought and behavior."--BOOK JACKET.