Feb 26, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. On war is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war. His most notable work, vom kriege on war, was unfinished at his death. Il fut redige entre 1818 et 1830, apres les profondes mutations generees par les guerres napoleoniennes. It was written mostly after the napoleonic wars 18161830. It concentrates on defeating the enemy by massing overwhelming force at the enemys weak point. Clausewitz has served in the rhine campaign 17931794, when the prussian army invaded france during the french revolution and in the napoleonic wars. Vollstandige ausgabe im urtext, drei teile in einem band, 19. He served in the campaigns of 179394 on the rhine, after which he seems to have devoted some time to the study of the scientific branches of his profession.
If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable. His response was to write a comprehensive text covering every aspect of warfare. Clausewitz was meant to revise his book but died before finishing the task. The jolles translation is owned by random house, though it was done for military strachan, clausewitz s on war. Clausewitz was a realist in many different senses and, while in some respects a. Graham translation published by nicholas trubner in london in 1873. Presented by adam douglas, senior rare book specialist at peter harrington. 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.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Since the works first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. Vom kriege is the basic work on the western way of war. Available in the national library of australia collection. He is generally well known for his military treatise vom kriege, converted into english as on war. Most of it was written after the napoleonic wars and was published after his death. It appears, however, to be either the very first edition or a very recent edition based on modern scholars reconstruction of clausewitz s original text. We do not know exactly which edition it was scanned from. It is derived from the german original, clausewitzs vom kriege berlin. It was edited by the esteemed german scholar werner hahlweg and is. He is most famous for his military treatise vom kriege, translated into english as on war. Clausewitzs conception of war is strikingly unique. It has been translated into english several times as on war.
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