Von Clausewitz, On War

von Clausewitz, General Carl (Author)/ Graham, Colonel J. J. (Translated by)/ Maude, Colonel F. N. (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 0415350387 / ISBN 13: 9780415350389

Published by Routledge, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Von Clausewitz, On War

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis:

First published by Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968.
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian General and military writer.
His writings are contained in nine volumes, published posthumously, but his fame rests most upon these three volumes, forming his treatise On War. It reveals war, stripped of all accessories, as the exercise of force for the attainment of a political object, unrestrained by any law save that of expediency, this gives the key to the interpretation of German political aims, past, present and future.

From the Back Cover:

The growing interest in Clausewitz's theoretical, political and historical writings in recent years suggested that the time had come for an entirely new translation. We have based our work on the first edition of 1832, supplemented by the annotated German text published by Professor Werner Hahlweg in 1952, except where obscurities in the original edition-which Clausewitz himself never reviewed-made it seem advisable to accept later emendations.