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CLAUSEWITZ VS. JOMINI: PUTTING "STRATEGY" INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

2009; Academy of Management; Volume: 2009; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5465/ambpp.2009.44260430

2376-7197

Thomas J. Hench,

Military History and Strategy

The article seeks to put military strategy into historical context by examining the thinking of seminal strategists Antoine-Henri Jomini and Karl von Clausewitz. Jomini was a systems-oriented thinker who sought to derive principles that would have wide battlefield application. Conversely, Clausewitz recognized the situational nature of war and was suspicious of prescriptive maxims. Jomini’s ideas gained precedence over Clauswitz’s during the 19th century in part because they were more congenial to military leaders. However, Clausewitz is considered the superior strategist today.