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In Roger Parkinson’s “Clausewitz A Biography.” Parkinson argues Clausewitz as a man was sensitive and compassionate, and was not the war monger the later generation has conceived Clausewitz to be. The evidence to support this thesis was found first in chapter five entitled Prisoner of War, which discusses Clausewitz’s reaction and feelings of being a prisoner of war, in 1806 to the French. From a letter to his fiancé Marie von Bruhl. “It is infinitely pleasant to share one’s thoughts with someone you respect and with someone you trust. Such love and devotion have I for two people only in the world, for you and my friend Scharnhorst. I would scarcely find a third to equal them, even if I looked all my life.” [pg.94, para.3, line.40-43] Chapter eleven entitled Eighteen Thirteen discusses the battle of Bautzen, the battle was a horror to both sides. Sharnhorst was injured, his wound failed to heal and infection set in. “ Clausewitz was overcome with grief. The last news of Scharnhorst was that he was dead, as you will have already heard. He wrote to Marie on 30th of June. You will know how sad I am. Although he is irreplaceable for the army, for the country, and for Europe, I find it difficult to think of all