An Pluiméir Ceolmhar - Agreed, An; as I wrote in another thread, tastes are different, and that is good so.
A strange question you ask. I'm a civil servant, too, but I served my time and read Clausewitz voluntarily. It must be in his most famous theoretical work "Vom Kriege" (About War)where he says: "Der Krieg ist nichts anderes als die Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs, nur mit Einschluß anderer Mittel" (War is nothing else than political intercourse continued, but with other means included).
I'm not sure whether I cited it right, since it is a long time since I've read it, and I have to look it up again (maybe I need some time to find it).
It is one of his facts misinterpreted most.

Wilfried