Available in the national library of australia collection. Generally readers have concentrated on clausewitzs philosophy, theory. The 197684 howardparet version is the standard translation today. On war is the most significant attempt in western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy.
Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Lanalisi e partizionata secondo una distinzione tematica dei principali nuclei. Clausewitz expresses herein are not those of napoleonof whom he has often and erroneously been proclaimed the high priest. See more details in our englishlanguage bibliography. He was a prussian war strategist who lived in the late 18th and early 19th century, whose work still holds sway in. He is most famous for his military treatise vom kriege, translated into english as on war. Militar prusiano burg, magdeburgo, 1780 breslau, silesia, 1831. Consider the more modern versions and other relevant books shown below.
Free of technical jargon, and suitable for modern readers. Since the works first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. This is an essay which has been submitted as requirement for the international security course. These books give the theory and goals of war that can be applied to conquering meeting rooms and empires. In his most famous work, on war, clausewitz describes this belief and explains how this relationship must exist in reality. Graham 1808 1883 a classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the napoleonic wars. It has been translated into english several times as on war. Le chapitre 2 est integralement consacre a une introduction a l. Clausewitzs conception of war is strikingly unique. When i served in the air force officer corps thirty years ago, there were three books found in the office of every commanding officer i had. Its coherence and ambition are unmatched by other military literature. Graham translation of clausewitzs vom kriege 1832 published in london in 1873.
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