Part 1

“When all is said and done, the commander's coup d'œil, his ability to see things simply, to identify the whole business of war completely with himself, is the essence of good generalship. Only if the mind works in this comprehensive fashion can it achieve the freedom it needs to dominate events and not be dominated by them," wrote Carl von Clausewitz at the beginning of the 19th century in his classical masterpiece "On War."