Clausewitz and World War IV

Abstract

The following article by Major General (Retired) Robert H. Scales is reprinted with permission from Armed Forces and Society (July 2006). 1 1Scales, Robert H. (2006, July). Clausewitz and World War IV. Armed Forces Journal. Available at http://www.afji.com/2006/07/1866019. In this article, General Scales outlines the critical importance of the human dimension in 21st-century warfare and proposes the intriguing notion that the human dimension may be as decisive a factor in the success of contemporary military operations as kinetic based factors were in significant conflicts of the previous century. The ideas contained here provide context for the importance of the research conducted in support of the Sustaining Performance Under Stress project and formed the basis for his keynote address at the symposium from which the article in this volume are based.