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Strategic studies

the ideal type of war in Clausewitz, carried to its logical extreme of violence, contrasted with real war, which politics and friction keep limited.

In strategic studies, absolute war refers to the ideal type of war in Clausewitz, carried to its logical extreme of violence, contrasted with real war, which politics and friction keep limited. This meaning comes from Clausewitz (1991) in On War.[1]

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References

Clausewitz, C. v. (1991). On War. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 9781477651995

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