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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What construction method does Clausewitz use as a metaphor for holding new territories?

2. How does Clausewitz characterize harboring reserve troops when they should be used to their fullest?

3. How can one determine the policies of a specific country at war according to Clausewitz?

4. How does Clausewitz call the advantage a defense army has over an offensive army?

5. What part of the population does Clausewitz say have self sacrifice implanted in their psyche?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clausewitz think of the concentration of forces?

2. Why does Clausewitz say that there is a special relationship between attack and defense?

3. According to Clausewitz, what is the majority of time spent on during war?

4. What does Clausewitz claim is not sought during military campaign?

5. In what country did Clausewitz serve in the military?

6. What use of a small force does Clausewitz talk about in the book 8?

7. What is the focus of every nation according to Clausewitz?

8. What does Clausewitz say is necessary for the destruction of the enemy?

9. What does Clausewitz' experience teach him concerning the use of tactics by high ranking officers?

10. Why should one always keep a reserve according to Clausewitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clausewitz talks about long forgotten gentlemen rules that forbid one side from attacking the other's camp. What rules were present in the 19th century battlefield? Why were those rules created? Use the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

According to Clausewitz, once the expenditures of war go above that of the value and the objectives of the war, peace must follow. Why do you think a country could be compelled not to follow that rule? Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Clausewitz says that each side compels its opponent to follow suit until the extreme of force is reached. Do you think that that concept is still valid today? Analyze the yearly number of war victims in the last century to build your argument.

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