"Fog of War"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I believe this is a succinct paraphrase of a translation of Clausewitz.

  JL

Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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I don't see the phrase "fog of war" included in the OED. Jesse, can you
tell us whether it is being drafted as an entry, and, if so, what is the
earliest citation?

Fred Shapiro


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