Abstract
Ever since evolution, man-kind has been moving hand in hand with war. Just like people, war has evolved too and never stayed the same over a period of time. Wars, such as the ones fought by the Vikings or Barbarians, and the wars of the Roman Empire already revealed elaborate tactics (infamous squares formed by soldiers with their shields), while the Napoleonic wars introduced new elements like new weapons, mass army, professional soldiers, and so on. However, the one thing they all clearly had in common was the battlefields. No war could be fought without soldiers and a battlefield. However, this rule may not be applied on the modern wars of our times. An example is the Cold War which was not based on physical war, as the armed forces never had direct contact (except through client states). The same can be said of today's War on Terror, referring to the numerous suicide bombings. In this paper, I will attempt to explain, to what extent Clausewitz's concepts of war may or may not be applied to this particular war.
