Bruno Colson is professor at the Universite de Namur, Belgium. He has published numerous books on strategy and military history, most recently Clausewitz (Perrin, 2016), a biography of the great military theorist. He originally worked in the field of strategic studies before going back to his first interest in military history, specializing both in the history of military thought and the Napoleonic wars. His current teaching includes the history of war and strategy (1792-1945) and the history of modern and contemporary international relations.