Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun karl_von_clausewitz

1 sense of karl von clausewitz

Sense 1
Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz -- (Prussian general and military theorist who proposed a doctrine of total war and war as an extension of diplomacy (1780-1831))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)