Though probably by several Chinese authors, "The Art of War" is attributed to this author
Daoism is 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Carl von Clausewitz - Wikipedia [PAR] Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and 
military theorist ... Clausewitz had many aphorisms, of which the most famous is "
War is the continuation of politics by other means."