Clausewitz Reconsidered

Author : H. P. Willmott,Michael B. Barrett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9798216061854

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This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict—and future trends. Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ever written on the theory of warfare and military strategy. In Clausewitz Reconsidered, two prominent military historians assess his theories, examining their viability at a time when asymmetric warfare and "war" conducted by and against nonstate actors is increasingly common and state control often ephemeral. The basis of the book's analysis is an examination of war over the last four centuries, since the Thirty Years' War, including the Cold War and subsequent conflicts. What is discovered is that war is far more endemic and brutal today than when Clausewitz tried to explain it. This volume explores that paradox and shows that if anything, we can anticipate further uncontrolled violence. The authors conclude that Clausewitz and On War have assumed a status akin to holy writ, but are obviously dated. The aim of Clausewitz Reconsidered is to bring the master's theories up to date, providing the current generation with a new basis for thought and analysis.

Author : Dorothea E. Schulz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798400627385

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Clausewitz Reconsidered by Dorothea E. Schulz Pdf

This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict--and future trends. Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ever written on the theory of warfare and military strategy. In Clausewitz Reconsidered, two prominent military historians assess his theories, examining their viability at a time when asymmetric warfare and "war" conducted by and against nonstate actors is increasingly common and state control often ephemeral. The basis of the book's analysis is an examination of war over the last four centuries, since the Thirty Years' War, including the Cold War and subsequent conflicts. What is discovered is that war is far more endemic and brutal today than when Clausewitz tried to explain it. This volume explores that paradox and shows that if anything, we can anticipate further uncontrolled violence. The authors conclude that Clausewitz and On War have assumed a status akin to holy writ, but are obviously dated. The aim of Clausewitz Reconsidered is to bring the master's theories up to date, providing the current generation with a new basis for thought and analysis.

Author : H. P. Willmott,Michael B. Barrett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313362774

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Clausewitz Reconsidered by H. P. Willmott,Michael B. Barrett Pdf

This fascinating book assesses Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz's famous theory on warfare in relation to historical and modern-day conflict—and future trends. Carl von Clausewitz's On War is arguably the most important single work ever written on the theory of warfare and military strategy. In Clausewitz Reconsidered, two prominent military historians assess his theories, examining their viability at a time when asymmetric warfare and "war" conducted by and against nonstate actors is increasingly common and state control often ephemeral. The basis of the book's analysis is an examination of war over the last four centuries, since the Thirty Years' War, including the Cold War and subsequent conflicts. What is discovered is that war is far more endemic and brutal today than when Clausewitz tried to explain it. This volume explores that paradox and shows that if anything, we can anticipate further uncontrolled violence. The authors conclude that Clausewitz and On War have assumed a status akin to holy writ, but are obviously dated. The aim of Clausewitz Reconsidered is to bring the master's theories up to date, providing the current generation with a new basis for thought and analysis.

Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : History
ISBN : 9783849676056

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On War by Carl von Clausewitz Pdf

‘On War’ is a book on war and military strategy. It was written shortly after the Napoleonic Wars by the Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz. It is one of the most important treatises on political-military analysis and strategy ever written, and even today it remains both controversial and an influence on strategic thinking. This edition comprises all eight books.

Author : Jon Tetsuro Sumida
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780700618194

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Decoding Clausewitz by Jon Tetsuro Sumida Pdf

For nearly two centuries, On War, by Carl Phillip Gottfried von Clausewitz (1780-1831), has been the bible for statesmen and military professionals, strategists, theorists, and historians concerned about armed conflict. The source of the famous aphorism that "war is an extension of politics by other means," it has been widely read and debated. But, as Jon Sumida shows in this daring new look at Clausewitz's magnum opus, its full meaning has eluded most readers-until now. Approaching Clausewitz's classic as if it were an encoded text, Sumida deciphers this cryptic masterwork and offers a more productive way of looking at the sources and evolution of its author's thought. Sumida argues that On War should be viewed as far more complete and coherent than has been supposed. Moreover, he challenges the notion that On War is an attempt to explain the nature of armed conflict through the formulation of abstract theories. Clausewitz's primary concern, Sumida contends, was practical instruction of the military and political leadership of his country. To achieve this end, Clausewitz invented a method of reenacting the psychological difficulties of high command in order to promote the powers of intuition that he believed were essential to effective strategic decision-making. In addition, Sumida argues that Clausewitz's primary strategic proposition is that the defense is a stronger form of war than the offense. This concept, Sumida maintains, must be understood in order to make sense of Clausewitz's positions on absolute and real war, guerrilla warfare, and the relationship of war and policy/politics. Sumida's pathbreaking critique is supported by examination of the Prussian officer's experience during the Napoleonic Wars, previous major theoretical and historical scholarship on Clausewitz and his writing, and modern philosophical and scientific works that have much in common with Clausewitz's creative guide to the consideration of strategic practice. A major study of intellectual and military history, Sumida's book provides a provocative and above all readily comprehensible treatment of a previously inaccessible classic. It will surely become essential reading for all military professionals and serious students of military thought.

Author : Sibylle Scheipers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780198799047

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On Small War by Sibylle Scheipers Pdf

Carl von Clausewitz has long been interpreted as the paradigmatic thinker of major interstate war. This book challenges this assumption by showing that Clausewitz was an ardent analyst of small war and integrated many aspects of his early writings on partisan warfare and people's war into his magnum opus, On War. It reconstructs Clausewitz's intellectual development by placing it in the context of his engagement with the political and philosophical currents of his own times - German Idealism, Romanticism, and Humanism. The central question that Clausewitz and his contemporaries faced was how to defend Prussia and Europe against Napoleon's expansionist strategy. On the one hand, the nationalization of war that had occurred as a result of the French Revolution could only be countered by drawing the people into the defence of their own countries. On the other, this risked a descent into anarchy and unchecked terror, as the years 1793 and 1794 in France had shown. Throughout his life Clausewitz remained optimistic that the institution of the Prussian Landwehr could achieve both an effective defence of Prussia and a social and political integration of its citizens. Far from leaving behind his early advocacy of people's war, Clausewitz integrated it systematically into his mature theory of war. People's war was war in its existential form; it risked escalating into 'absolute war'. However, if the threat of defensive people's war had become a standard option of last resort in early-nineteenth century Europe, it could also function as a safeguard of the balance of power.

Author : Reiner Pommerin
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : 9783937885414

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Clausewitz Goes Global by Reiner Pommerin Pdf

Author : Hew Strachan,Andreas Herberg-Rothe
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199232024

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Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century by Hew Strachan,Andreas Herberg-Rothe Pdf

The volume considers Clausewitz's timeless On War against the background of actual armed conflict. With scholars from a range of disciplines and countries, it throws new light on a classic text and contemporary issues.

Author : Carl von Clausewitz,Christopher Daase
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198737131

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Clausewitz on Small War by Carl von Clausewitz,Christopher Daase Pdf

Widely recognized as one of the most important theorists of warfare, important strands of Carl von Clausewitz's thinking on the subject are not widely known. In 'Clausewitz on Small War', Christopher Daase and James W. Davis begin to address this unfortunate state of affairs. In this volume they have assembled and translated Clausewitz's most important texts devoted to the analysis of asymetric, unconventional, guerrilla, and small-unit warfare, including Clausewitz's "Lectures on Small War", held at the Prussian War College in 1810 and 1811.

Author : Carl Clausewitz
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141920283

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On War by Carl Clausewitz Pdf

Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought. In line with Napoleon's own military actions, he illustrated the need to annihilate the enemy and make a strong display of one's power in an 'absolute war' without compromise. But he was also careful to distinguish between war and politics, arguing that war could only be justified when debate was no longer adequate, and that if undertaken, its aim should ultimately be to improve the wellbeing of the nation.

Author : Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : OCLC:61231317

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The Nature of Modern War by Jan Angstrom,Isabelle Duyvesteyn Pdf

This volume aims to analyse the nature of modern war with a special emphasis on warfare in the non-Western world.

Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
Page : 1050 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9786558940326

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ON WAR - Carl von Clausewitz by Carl von Clausewitz Pdf

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general author of the classic: "Vom Kriege" - On War, still a mandatory work on wars and military strategies today. In addition to having an excellent education with strong interests in art, history, science and education, Clausewitz fought several wars including against Napoleon and Frederick the Great, two notorious commanders, and used his military experiences to produce an exceptional work on war and strategy. of battle. Filled with historical examples, On War is one of the most important treatises on military political analysis and strategy ever written and to this day exerts an influence on strategic thinking.

Author : Robert Carlyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021518183

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Clausewitz's Contemporary Relevance by Robert Carlyle Pdf

"This paper will re-evaluate the validity of the central propositions in On War with respect to modern technological, economic, political, and social conditions. This reappraisal is carried out in order to answer whether or not Clausewitz's approach to the study of war has any relevance for the modern analyst of defence. Moreover, it is essential to bear in mind that any general theory of war must include not only the historical and current forms that war has taken on, but it must be able to adapt to change in the future. Thus, this study is largely deductive and speculative; however, because war is a practical activity, constant reference must always be made to reality ... In order to determine if Clausewitz's approach is still relevant, this paper will discuss the original theory, challenges to it, and the possibility of theoretical growth in response to the limitations"--Page 3

Author : Hew Strachan
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781741148978

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Clausewitz's On War by Hew Strachan Pdf

On War by Karl von Clausewitz was first published in Germany after the Napoleonic Wars. As one of the most significant treatises on military strategy ever written, it is still prescribed at various military academies today.

Author : Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545175675

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On War by Carl von Clausewitz Pdf

On War by General Carl von Clausewitz 4 Complete Books in 1 Volume Vom Kriege is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife Marie von Bruhl in 1832. It has been translated into English several times as On War. On War is actually an unfinished work; Clausewitz had set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in 1827, but did not live to finish the task. His wife edited his collected works and published them between 1832 and 1835. His 10-volume collected works contain most of his larger historical and theoretical writings, though not his shorter articles and papers or his extensive correspondence with important political, military, intellectual and cultural leaders in the Prussian state. On War is formed by the first three volumes and represents his theoretical explorations. It is one of the most important treatises on political-military analysis and strategy ever written, and remains both controversial and an influence on strategic thinking. Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz; 1 June 1780 - 16 November 1831, was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" and political aspects of war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege (On War), was unfinished at his death. Clausewitz was a realist in many different senses and, while in some respects a romantic, also drew heavily on the rationalist ideas of the European Enlightenment. Clausewitz's thinking is often described as Hegelian because of his dialectical method; but, although he was probably personally acquainted with Hegel, there remains debate as to whether or not Clausewitz was in fact influenced by him. He stressed the dialectical interaction of diverse factors, noting how unexpected developments unfolding under the "fog of war" call for rapid decisions by alert commanders. He saw history as a vital check on erudite abstractions that did not accord with experience. In contrast to the early work of Antoine-Henri Jomini, he argued that war could not be quantified or reduced to mapwork, geometry, and graphs. Clausewitz had many aphorisms, of which the most famous is "War is the continuation of politics by other means."