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Which previous books about war may have influenced von Clausewitz?

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While his work echoes themes from the ancient text The Art of War, attributed to Sun Tzu , and even more from the work of Machiavelli , Clausewitz has influenced many 20th-century strategists and historians, especially Bernard Brodie .

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