On War by Carl von Clausewitz illustrated edition

They might want to spend some more time with this on war by Carl von Klauschwitz or a host of other books out there.

And reading is such an important part of being an officer, being enlisted in the military, that professional development and to have some of those books that aren't focused on making you a better operator, a better soldier, better sailor, better airman, better marine, then those books are probably to drop to the bottom of the list or not be on it.

Let's just focus on those books that are going to help us win wars.

In the book General Fox Conner perishes chief of operations and Eisenhower's mentors, there is a passage about the relationship. Conner gradually led Eisenhower to a more advanced level of military study via author rights that general introduced his assistant to the writings of the 19th century Prussian military theorist Carl von Klauswitz who's on war remains an influential treatise on warfare. Eisenhower struggled to grasp the military maxims set forth by Klauswitz. So Conner had Eisenhower read the book three times to drive home the lessons. Conner would quiz Eisenhower as to what each Klauswitzian principal meant in a 1966 letter Eisenhower identified onward as the book that had most profoundly influenced his military career.