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Posted on 04/25/2002 6:39:50 PM PDT by PsyOp
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Fire for effect.
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posted on
04/25/2002 6:39:50 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: Marine Inspector; infowars; 2Trievers; sleavelessinseattle; Righty1; twyn1; mountaineer...
Ping.
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posted on
04/25/2002 6:40:30 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp
If you try to search for the guy: The Spelling is Carl von Clausewitz, with an "e" after the Claus (not like Santa Claus, who is written without an "e").
To: PsyOp
btt
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:00:08 PM PDT
by
harpseal
To: PsyOp
BTTT
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:02:19 PM PDT
by
2Trievers
To: german_speaker
Picky, picky
Next thing you know you'll want to spell Klinton with a C.
American speakers do tend to change spelling and shorten things. Besides the E in Clausewitz is silent.
BTT for a Great Political and military theorist second only to Machiavelli.
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:50:30 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: PsyOp
Thanks for these PsyOp. I enjoyed reading Machiavelli the other day. I think I'm going to reread the Prince this summer.
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:53:45 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: german_speaker
So, Have I mis-spelled the name, or is there more than one accepted spelling?
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:54:42 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: Sawdring
I think I'm going to reread the Prince this summer.If you can find the time, read the "Discourses" from which The Prince was compiled. They include a more in-depth treatment of the subjects covered in the Prince.
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posted on
04/25/2002 7:57:34 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp; Colorado Tanker; Libertina; pissed off janitor; happygrl;Dennisw;sjackson;Proudeagle...
PING!!!!!!!! Psyops: continuing the education of the masses by other means!
To: Sawdring
B T T T with thanks for this summary.
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:03:39 PM PDT
by
Draco
To: Cacique
"Besides the E in Clausewitz is silent." There are no silent letters in German.
It is pronounced Klow-se-vitz.
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:03:43 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: PsyOp
You Misspelled it, but that's OK, we know who you meant anyway :-).
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:14:06 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: okie01
I meant in English.
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:14:53 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: PsyOp
I have the the Discourses but am only reading it bit by bit.
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:23:39 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
The Prince is really just Machiavelli's cliff-notes version of the Discourses. there are some dry parts in it, but many of the things that people misunderstood and excoriated him for are explained more thoroughly in the Discourses. He also wrote The Art of War, which I started and didn't finish for some reason I can't remember.
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:39:37 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
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To: Cacique
You MisspelledI can't believe I mis-spelled Clausewitz! Doh! Doh! Doh! & Doh!
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posted on
04/25/2002 8:51:23 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp
I have the Art of War but haven't read it yet. I have heard he borrows a bit from Vegetius in his Art of War but without reading it I'm not sure.
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posted on
04/25/2002 9:14:10 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Sawdring
I think you're right. Much of it is based on conversations he had with a prominent Italian military figure of his time (I forget which one) as well as some other associates of his. I don't think he had any first hand military experience.
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posted on
04/25/2002 9:18:47 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
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