摘要:XCEPT for a few years at the Air Corps Tactical School in the 1930s— when Clausewitz’s remarks about the significance of defeating the enemy’s will were found convenient as introductory material for the course in bombardment aviation—Clausew itz’s writings have rarely attracted the attention of Air Force officers. (The recent decision to incorporate Clausewitz in the 1978-79 curriculum at the Air War College may change all this, but only time will tell.) The reasons for our service’s traditional neglect of his writings are many, a partial list of which would have to include all of the following.