1. Should we consider war to be a science or an art?

2. Theories of War

3. Concepts Covered Art vs Science Paradoxical Trinity
Sun Tzu vs Clausewitz

4. War as a Science
Scientific Revolution + Enlightenment = military theory regarded as mathematical and scientific
A general who was well-versed in mathematical logic and knew topography should be able to plan and win a war with geometrical precision
Roots in principles of Sun Tzu

5. War as a Science
War as a science derives from advancements in weaponry and technology
Most notable advancements have come from World War II forward
Weaponry today is clearly the result of science

6. The Paradoxical Trinity
War must serve a rational political purpose
May become dominated by emotions or unforeseen strokes of genius
Military commanders and political leaders must always keep passions and chance subordinate to reason.

7. The Paradoxical Trinity
A simple model: Figure out how the three dominant tendencies (passion, genius, and reason) of one belligerent will interact with that of the other belligerent
To figure this out one must calculate how the people, the military, and the government interact in the enemy’s state and in one’s own

8. Clauswitz- “On War”
Clausewitz’s analysis

9. The Paradoxical Trinity
Clausewitz “Paradoxical Trinity” makes the case for war as an art.
It describes the “fog of war” components
In reality Sun Tzu validates war as an art with his breakdowns of how to conduct war amid its variables
As an art, principles of war are still taught and sought out
The United States Army shares a common military theories as Europeans