Actually I can think of a few other practical things from Clausewitz that aren't metaphors projected backwards. He has a chapter on when it's useful to look to historic examples and to be wary of use of historic examples as proof of a theory or theoretical possibility, especially if it's a historic example you don't know about except by way of the person citing it as proof of something. like that's some damn solid life advice from a military treatise
He says historical examples are best for explanations/definitions (ie, in this battle Caesar encircled the enemy) less useful for claims about how the world works (ie, encircling is the best tactic) particularly insightful is how he discusses that if someone gives an example of how a historical event proves something, consider how you could retell the account, facts intact, to come to the opposite conclusion
i mean this is the good shit right here why don't CEOs have this on their desk?
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