Comments on: Clausewitz, Nonlinearity and the Unpredictability of War https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/clausewitz-nonlinearity-and-the-unpredictability-of-war/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Chris B. https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/clausewitz-nonlinearity-and-the-unpredictability-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-1870370 Chris B. Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:22:32 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36695#comment-1870370 Nice to see this topic is getting interest. I have another essay link from Beyerchen on complexity and Clausewitz if you’re interested. Not as long, but still interesting as it was part of a Santa Fe conference with Murray Gell Man.

]]> By: Bert E. https://www.isegoria.net/2014/11/clausewitz-nonlinearity-and-the-unpredictability-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-1868225 Bert E. Sat, 22 Nov 2014 15:25:49 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=36695#comment-1868225 Clausewitz did not finish his magnum opus. And he never did deal with the threat of irregular war [for instance, how to combat ISIL].

War has a chaotic nature to it but is not so totally chaotic. There is a plan that is the base from which change is made according to the dynamics. But war of itself is not chaotic.

Clausewitz too speaks of war within the context of the natural timidity of man. War is rarely if eve fought to obliterate you foe from the face of the earth. Seems to be true except now we have ISIL again.

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