Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) and cholera: the cause of World War II?
Here it is proposed that, by killing Prussian Major General Carl von Clausewitz before he could complete the work on his military text On War, cholera strongly influenced the nature of World War I (1914-18) and, by direct extension, contributed to the cause of World War II (1939-45).
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Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. bspellberg@labiomed.org
D002771:Cholera / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history*; D047828:World War I; D047789:World War II