Clausewitz in English
Clausewitz in English is a work of intellectual history that examines the reception of Carl von Clausewitz's military theories in Britain and the United States up to 1945. In the first comprehensive study of the literature, Christopher Bassford ar...
Clausewitz
The classical distinctions between "strategy," "operations," and "tactics" in warfare derive from two basic sources--Carl von Clausewitz and Antoine-Henri de Jomini, both veterans of the Napoleonic wars who translated...
Clausewitz
Karl von Clausewitz's study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as 'not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war'. It is hard to disagree. Even though he wrote his only major work at a time when the ...
Clausewitz
Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian general and military theorist, is most famous for his book On War, a work that has influenced numerous wartime leaders from Lenin to Henry Kissinger. Parkinson's biography of Clausewitz pr...
Clausewitz Myth, The
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is, by far, the most celebrated military theorist, whose prestige has reached new heights. However, this book argues that his reputation has been largely inflated because of the notorious difficulties of understanding his major book, On War (1832). Many of Clausewitz’s interpreters, struggling to make sense of his work, have not admitted - to themselves no less than to their readers - that they did not quite figure it out. Hence, ‘the emperor’s new clothes.’ Returning to the subject in an updated and expanded form after 35 years, the pre-eminent Clausewitz scholar Azar Gat lays out Clausewitz’s real intellectual background and the actual development of his ideas on war and its conduct. The Clausewitz Myth makes sense of Clausewitz’s train of thought, removing the veils of mystification and idolization surrounding it to clearly explain what the man and his work were about. Thereby the real Clausewitz, with both his significant contributions and his major
Carl Von Clausewitz's On War
Soldier and intellectual Carl von Clausewitz first entered combat at the tender age of thirteen. He later rose to the rank of Major General, married into the Prussian nobility and wrote a book which was to become one of the most influential works ...
Carl von Clausewitz's On War
On War by Carl von Clausewitz was first published in Germany after the Napoleonic Wars. One of the most significant treatises on military strategy ever written, it is still prescribed at various military academies today. Its description of &ap...
Marie von Clausewitz
The marriage between Carl von Clausewitz and Countess Marie von Brühl was a remarkable intellectual partnership. Many historians have noted the instrumental role Marie played in the creation, development, and particularly in the posthumous editing...
War, Clausewitz and the Trinity
Today, the ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) are employed almost ubiquitously in strategic studies, military history and defence literatures, but often in a manner which distorts their true meaning. In this book, Waldman explores Clausewitz...
On War
Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that 'War is the continuation of politics by other means'. But what does Clausewitz mean to a world where economic, political and cultural conflicts are increasingly framed as wars? Written after...
Clausewitz Reconsidered
This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict-and future trends. Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ev...
Clausewitz Reconsidered
This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict-and future trends. Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ev...
After Clausewitz
The writings of Carl von Clausewitz loom so large in the annals of military theory that they obscure the substantial contributions of those thinkers who came after him. This is especially true for those German theorists who wrote during the half c...
Decoding Clausewitz
For nearly two centuries, On War, by Carl Phillip Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831), has been the bible for statesmen and military professionals, strategists, theorists, and historians concerned about armed conflict. The source of the famous ap...
Reading Clausewitz
Clausewitz's On War, first published in 1832, remains the most famous study of the nature and conditions of warfare. Contemporaries found him 'endearing' or 'totally unpalatable', while later generation...
Rebooting Clausewitz
Rebooting Clausewitz offers an entirely new take on the work of history's greatest theorist of war. Written for an undergraduate readership that often struggles with Clausewitz's master work On War--a book that is often considered too philosophica...
Clausewitz and Modern Strategy
Published in 1996, Clausewitz and Modern Strategy is a valuable contribution to the field of Military Strategic Studies. The magnum opus of Carl von Clausewitz, On War, is a work frequently quoted (usually the one famous quotation) but often super...
Battling to the End
Engages Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), the Prussian military theoretician who wrote On War. This title shows us a Clausewitz who is a fascinated witness of history's acceleration. It pushes aside the taboo that prevents us from seeing that the a...
Clausewitz and Chaos
Clausewitz and Chaos
Strategy Before Clausewitz
This collection of essays combines historical research with cutting-edge strategic analysis and makes a significant contribution to the study of the early history of strategic thinking. There is a debate as to whether strategy in its modern defini...
Clausewitz and America
This book demonstrates how Clausewitzian thought influenced American strategic thinking between the Vietnam War and the current conflict in Iraq. Carl von Clausewitz's thought played a part in the process of military reform and the transition in U...
On War
Unabridged value reproduction of the most critical and thought provoking first four books of 'On War' by Carl von Clausewitz, translated by J.J. Graham, and including footnotes. These books give the theory and goals of war that can be applied to conquering meeting rooms and empires. This volume of On War includes topics of the Nature, Theory, and Strategy of War and Combat. These of Clausewitz's four books in one volume allow the reader to review and contemplate Clausewitz's teachings as it applies to their life. No student of influence should be without this historic philosophy book on leadership. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR 3 BRIEF MEMOIR OF GENERAL CLAUSEWITZ 3 BOOK I. ON THE NATURE OF WAR 6 BOOK II. ON THE THEORY OF WAR 38 BOOK III. OF STRATEGY IN GENERAL 70 BOOK IV. THE COMBAT 98
On War
Unabridged value reproduction of the most critical and thought provoking first four books of 'On War' by Carl von Clausewitz, translated by J.J. Graham, and including footnotes. These books give the theory and goals of war that can be applied to conquering meeting rooms and empires. This volume of On War includes topics of the Nature, Theory, and Strategy of War and Combat. These of Clausewitz's four books in one volume allow the reader to review and contemplate Clausewitz's teachings as it applies to their life. No student of influence should be without this historic philosophy book on leadership. This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text at an affordable price. TABLE OF CONTENTS THE INTRODUCTION OF THE AUTHOR 3 BRIEF MEMOIR OF GENERAL CLAUSEWITZ 3 BOOK I. ON THE NATURE OF WAR 6 BOOK II. ON THE THEORY OF WAR 38 BOOK III. OF STRATEGY IN GENERAL 70 BOOK IV. THE COMBAT 98
Understanding War
These essays provide an authoritative introduction to Carl von Clausewitz and enlarge the history of war by joining it to the history of ideas and institutions and linking it with intellectual biography.
On Wellington
The Battle of Waterloo has been studied and dissected so extensively that one might assume little more on the subject could be discovered. Now historian Peter HofschrÖer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, th...
På drift med Clausewitz
Skulle någon på livets promenad vilja ha sällskap med en preussisk general från 1800-talets början? Nej, troligen ingen eller ytterst få. Men generalen, Carl von Clausewitz, är efterhängsen: kriget är politikens fortsättning med andra mede...
Military Strategy
Distilling the ideas of the greatest military theoreticians of history, including Sun Tzu, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Carl von Clausewitz, this clear and engaging Very Short Introduction presents a fascinating account of the "art of the general...
Strategy of Nonviolent Defense
Addresses the question of whether nonviolent defense can be an effective strategy against military violence. Drawing from the strategic theory of Carl von Clausewitz, the nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi, and recent human needs and conflict theory, B...
State of Doom
The book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age, embedding his work within the classical theories of Carl von Clausewitz. Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of ...
The Strategy Bridge
The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice is an original contribution to the general theory of strategy. While heavily indebted to Carl von Clausewitz, Sun-tzu, and the very few other classic authors, this book presents the theory, rather than mere...
The Strategy Bridge
The Strategy Bridge: Theory for Practice is an original contribution to the general theory of strategy. While heavily indebted to Carl von Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, and the very few other classic authors, this book presents the theory, rather than mere...
American Airpower Strategy in World War II
Resistance is a Product of will times means, Carl von Clausewitz postulated in his treatise On War. In his 1993 Bombs, Cities, and Civilians, which the American Historical Review judged "must reading for anyone interested in the Subject of ai...
New Principles of War
New Principles of War: Enduring Truths with Timeless Examples uses historical examples to show how recognized principles of war identified by Carl von Clausewitz in his essay Principles of War, and later enlarged in his book, On War which has been...
The Origins of Military Thought
This book sheds new light on the origins and nature of modern military thinking. The ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) - which remain at the heart of strategic analysis today - have hitherto been examined largely in isolation from their cul...
On War
Translated by J.J. Graham, revised by F.N. Maude Abridged and with an Introduction by Louise Willmot. On War is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Carl von Clausewitz, a Prussian soldier, had witnessed at first hand the immense dest...
On War
'On War' is a book on war and military strategy. It was written shortly after the Napoleonic Wars by the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz. It is one of the most important treatises on political-military analysis and strategy ever written, and ...
Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign
Carl von Clausewitz (17801831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War, yet that work formed only the first three of ten volumes of his published writings. The others, historical analyses of the wars that roiled Europe from 178...
Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War, yet that work formed only the first three of ten volumes of his published writings. The others, historical analyses of the wars that roiled Europe from 17...