Abstract
Abstract In On War Clausewitz is dealing with the theoretical relationship between the political object and the military aim in war. War as a political act is a contention with force between political entities in which each has the object of restoring peace under favorable conditions, whether by dictate or by negotiation. The act of armed force to counter armed force, on the other hand, is a confrontation between military forces in which each has the aim of disarming the other in battle, actual or implied. Since the political object and the military aim are not the same and may or may not converge, the problem for theory is to reconcile the two in war as an act of policy. This is the strategic problem, the universal element in war with which the military theorist in every age ought above all to be concerned.
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