Analysis and Comparison of the Ideas and Later Influences of Henri Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz

摘要

This paper reviews the lives of Henri Jomini and Carl von Clauswitz. It also covers the main concepts contained in their greatest works and the influence they had on subsequent warfare and military thinking. Jomini's influence is traced through the American Civil War to current military doctrine. Clausewitz' influence is traced from the post Napoleonic period, through the two world wars, to current military doctrine. (Author)