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The fog of war (German: Nebel des Krieges) is the uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by participants in military operations. [1] The term seeks to capture the uncertainty regarding one's own capability, adversary capability, and adversary intent during an engagement, operation, or campaign.
Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz [note 1] (/ ˈ k l aʊ z ə v ɪ t s / KLOW-zə-vits, German: [ˈkaʁl fɔn ˈklaʊzəvɪts] ⓘ; 1 July 1780 – 16 November 1831) [1] was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (in modern terms meaning psychological) and political aspects of waging war.
On War is a work rooted solely in the world of the nation state, states historian Martin van Creveld, who alleges that Clausewitz takes the state "almost for granted", as he rarely looks at anything before the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, and mediaeval warfare is effectively ignored in Clausewitz's theory. [27]
Expediency – War is a matter of expedients – von Moltke; Fog, friction, chance – War is characterized by fog, friction, and chance; Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu; Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) was the most important German military theorist; he stressed the moral and political aspects of war. Clausewitz espoused a romantic or Hegelian conception of warfare, stressing the dialectic of how opposite factors interact, and noting how unexpected new developments unfolding under the "fog of war" called for ...
A US Navy warship accidentally shot down an American fighter jet over the Red Sea on Sunday. The crew members survived, but it marks the second friendly-fire incident of the Houthi conflict. These ...
News outlets in fog of war amid dueling claims on Gaza hospital blast. Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN. October 18, 2023 at 10:56 AM. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu/Getty Images.
The torrent of fake videos, phony experts and enraged screeds unleashed by the Israel-Hamas war shows the failings of social media as a news source and underscores the need for something better.