Carl von Clausewitz i klasična politička teorija rata
Carl von Clausewitz and the Classical Political Theory of War

Summary/Abstract: Carl von Clausewitz, the founder of modem classical political theory of war provides a scientific interpretation of war on two levels. At the higher level there is the idea of war, which the author calls the "absolute picture of war"; it expresses the immanent laws of war and the relationship between politics and war. At the lower, empirical, level, there are real wars, which express incompletely the essence and the laws of war In general, due to inadequate knowledge, unforeseeable circumstances, erroneous evaluations of actions, incompetence of leaders and commanders, and the like. The sum total of these factors Clausewitz defines by the physical concept of "friction". The real war is, hence, absolute war minus "friction". He bases his theory of war on ten assertions, of which the first five refer to the immanent logic of force in war and the other five refer to the political substance and function of war. His theory is present also in contemporary military-political doctrines, both of capitalist and of socialist states.

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