Carl von Clausewitz Quote

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war.


On War (1832–4) bk. 1, ch. 7, tr. J. J. Graham


Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine...

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine...

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine...

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine...