Prussian general and military theorist who wrote On War — the most comprehensive philosophical analysis of war ever written — articulating that war is the continuation of politics by other means and that 'fog of war' and 'friction' make perfect strategy impossible in practice.
Provided the conceptual vocabulary for thinking about strategy — the fog of war, friction, the center of gravity, war as politics continued — which made On War the foundational text of modern strategic theory, read by every serious military commander and business strategist since.
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