19 15 Lenin carefully studied clausewitz's On War and made detailed comments according to his own experience. Lenin read "On War" not only out of interest, but also closely related to the revolution and war he encountered. On the one hand, he clarified various misunderstandings within the party by reading war classics.
At the beginning of World War I, plekhanov advocated the "villain theory" in the party, believing that the war was an accident launched by the Germans. In order to refute plekhanov and clarify the origin of war, Lenin focused on "what is war" in On War.
Lenin's summary is:
Lenin extracted a lot of "national hatred" in On War, for example, "national hatred is not uncommon, and this kind of emotion will more or less replace the hostility between individuals", and Lenin's rare and intense emotional comments are "not uncommon".
In the third volume, Lenin concluded that "in all wars, both sides have only self-defense" and "most wars seem to be just the outbreak of mutual hatred". In his view, this war is a continuation of domestic class oppression, and there are no pure attackers or pure defenders. Therefore, On War is an important theoretical basis for Lenin's analysis of the First World War.
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