Carl von Clausewitz was not only an officer who served with great distinction during the Napoleonic campaigns but was also a military historian and intellectual of the highest order—at ease with both the strategic doctrines of his time and the larger movements of thought in the world around him. Out of these elements he distilled his classic discussion of the nature and meaning of one of humankind's central endeavors, war—which he famously declared to be "the continuation of politics by different means." Though unfinished at his death, On War contains all his important ideas about absolute versus limited war, the intrinsic violence of war, and its necessary subjugation to political ends. It would be impossible to overestimate the influence of this book on subsequent strategic thinking, on the political considerations that underlie such thinking, and on the general understanding of human conflict.
On War: Introduction by Michael Howard (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
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Author: Clausewitz, Carl von
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780679420439
Details:
Author: Clausewitz, Carl von
Brand: Everyman's Library
Color: White
Features:
- Used Book in Good Condition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 920
Release Date: 25-05-1993
Part Number: 0679420436_used
Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches Languages: English, German
EAN: 9780679420439
