THE CONVERSATION: Clausewitz, Music, and the Real Art of War
O Fortuna velut luna statu variabilis.
How strange the change from major to minor. Earlier this month I was honored to present a talk at the Institute of World Politics in Washington D.C., regarding principles of intelligence work, diplomacy, and statecraft as viewed through the prism of Claus von Clausewitz and his concept of Friktion. These are topics treated at length in my new book, A Rage to Conquer, which opens with a chapter on the Prussian theoretician of warfare and concludes with my controversial observations about the failure of American military leadership since 1945, especially our defeat by a handful of Saudi Arabian and other Muslims at the Battle of 9/11. Here it is:
Cole Porter lives!