Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET June 2025 Political Science
Who stated that 'War is merely a continuation of politics'?
ASusan Sontag
BJohn Locke
CCarl von Clausewitz ✓ Correct
DAdam Smith
Correct answer: (C) Carl von Clausewitz — The statement that war is merely a continuation of politics belongs to Carl von Clausewitz.
Explanation
★The statement that war is merely a continuation of politics belongs to Carl von Clausewitz.
★Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military theorist.
★He set out the idea in his classic work 'On War'.
★He argued that war is not separate from politics but a tool of state policy.
★War, for him, is a means used by governments when other means fail.
★This links the use of force directly to political aims.
★John Locke and Adam Smith were philosophers of liberalism and political economy.
★Clausewitz remains central to the study of strategy and war.
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