The Mutable Nature of War.

The article presents the author's insights on Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz, who authored treatises about war. The author says that Clausewitz, who defined war as combat, fighting, and bloodshed, believes that the nature of war is timeless and immutable. He discusses how the Clausewitzian view of war have influenced military historians, theorists, soldiers, and marines including John A. Lynn, Victor Davis Hanson, and Martin van Creveld. He also argues that the nature of war is mutable.