A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. First edition, very rare complete set of all 10 volumes, of this classic work. His response was to write a comprehensive text covering every aspect of warfare. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. On war is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. I started writing upon the prussians back in the early 1990s and this was published by the napoleon association back then. Stephen summerfields two new books on the prussian army have been published by partizan press. It reveals war, stripped of all accessories, as the exercise of force for the attainment of a political object, unrestrained by a ny law save that of expediency, and thus gives the key to the interpretation of german political aims, past, present, and future, which is unconditionally necessary for every student of the modern conditions of europe. Feb 26, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Clausewitz helped negotiate the he is most famous for his military treatise vom kriege, translated into english as on war. Adorned with many historical examples, this book is certainly historys greatest masterpiece. On war free pdf, chm, epub, fb2 free download ebook. It has been translated into english several times as on war. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It has been posted to the clausewitz homepage by clausewitz. Free of technical jargon, and suitable for modern readers. Clausewitz has served in the rhine campaign 17931794, when the prussian army invaded france during the french revolution and in the napoleonic wars from 1806 to 1815. Presented by adam douglas, senior rare book specialist at peter harrington. He is most famous for his military treatise vom kriege complete german text available here, translated into english as on war available here. Jan 30, 2018 clausewitz s works were published posthumously, edited by his widow, and these, the first three volumes of ten, contain the first appearance of vom kriege on war, his dialectical analysis of the.
This conclusion is based on various features of the text, but particularly on the famous paragraph in chapter 6b of book 8, which concerns the relationship of the top military commander to the political cabinet. With tactics from vom kriege used widely as military doctrine and foreign policy around the world based on clausewitzian theories such as the. Clausewitzs works were published posthumously, edited by his widow, and these, the first three volumes of ten, contain the first appearance of vom kriege on war, his. On war free pdf, chm, epub, fb2 free download ebook pdf. Continuously emphasizing that war is a continuity of policy by other means, clausewitz, in his 20 years work, has defined perfectly the theory of war, its tactical and strategic purposes.
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