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Carl von Clausewitz: Historical and Political Writings

Carl von Clausewitz: Historical and Political Writings

Carl von Clausewitz

Historical and Political Writings Carl von Clausewitz. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS The following short titles are used throughout: On War Paret, Clausewitz and the State Pertz-Delbrück, Gneisenau Politische Schriften und Briefe Rothfels, Politik ...
Carl Von Clausewitz's On War: A modern-day interpretation of ...

Carl Von Clausewitz's On War: A modern-day interpretation of ...

Andrew Holmes

Typically, the only people who get to read Carl von Clausewitz are military historians and budding army cadets. The simple reason for this is that they have to; it's part of their training. Von Clausewitz's book On War is a classic – of that, there is ...
Clausewitz goes global: Carl von Clausewitz in the 21st century

Clausewitz goes global: Carl von Clausewitz in the 21st century

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13 Subtitle: Im Spiegel der Lehre des Generals Carl von Clausewitz, Necken- markt 2007. 14 Eva Strickmann, Clausewitz im Zeitalter der neuen Kriege: Der Krieg in Ruanda (1990- 1994) im Spiegel der„wunderlichen Dreifaltigkeit“, Glienicke ...
On Wellington: A Critique of Waterloo

On Wellington: A Critique of Waterloo

Carl von Clausewitz

Now historian Peter Hofschröer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War.
On War

On War

Carl von Clausewitz

The most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy, Carl von Clausewitz's book stands as one of the world's great classic works on the subject.
On War

On War

Carl Von Clausewitz

The works of German military historian and theorist Carl von Clausewitz continue to be ranked among the finest examples of the genre. His surprisingly complex conceptions of war are still studied by military strategists.
On War: Vom Kriege

On War: Vom Kriege

Carl Clausewitz

Military operations and methods are explained in depth by Carl von Clausewitz in this superbly presented edition of On War.
On War

On War

General Carl von Clausewitz

Clausewitz's conception of war is strikingly unique: characterizing it as a Hegelian dialectic of opposing factors which interact and build upon each other, Clausewitz's theories are surprisingly romantic.
On War

On War

General Carl von Clausewitz

Clausewitz's conception of war is strikingly unique: characterizing it as a Hegelian dialectic of opposing factors which interact and build upon each other, Clausewitz's theories are surprisingly romantic.
Carl von Clausewitz’s On War: A modern-day interpretation of ...

Carl von Clausewitz’s On War: A modern-day interpretation of ...

Andrew Holmes

Writing mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, von Clausewitz had a theory that it was the integration of political, societal and economic issues that was the most important factor in deciding the outcome of a war.
The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War

The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War

Carl von Clausewitz

DIVSuccinct edition of the influential work, from its observations on the nature and theory of warfare to its outlines of strategic policies: moral force and military virtues, effects of victory and retreat, more. /div
The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War

The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War

Carl von Clausewitz

Succinct edition of the influential work, from its observations on the nature and theory of warfare to its outlines of strategic policies: moral force and military virtues, duration and decision of combat, effects of victory and retreat, ...
On War

On War

Carl von Clausewitz

In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses the relative strengths of defensive and offensive war, and - in highly controversial passages ...
On war

On war

Carl von Clausewitz

Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals.
On War

On War

Carl von Clausewitz

Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals.
On war

On war

Carl von Clausewitz

Presents the Prussian soldier's classic work analyzing the nature of war and the conditions which require it
On the Nature of War

On the Nature of War

Carl von Clausewitz

They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
On Victory and Defeat: From "On War"

On Victory and Defeat: From "On War"

Carl von Clausewitz

They are selected with the firm belief that while the original work remains an important and enduring product, sometimes we can all benefit from a quick take on a topic worthy of a longer book.
Principles of War

Principles of War

Carl von Clausewitz

DIVThe most cited, most controversial, and most modern book on warfare. The author examines moral and psychological aspects of war: courage, audacity, self-sacrifice, the importance of morale and public opinion, more. /div
On war

On war

Carl von Clausewitz

Indhold: 1. Bog: Om krigens natur. 2. Bog: Om krigens teori. 3. Bog: Om strategi i almindelighed. 4. Bog: Kamp. 5. Bog: Stridskræfter.
Clausewitz on Small War

Clausewitz on Small War

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In this volume they have assembled and translated Clausewitz's most important texts devoted to the analysis of asymmetric, unconventional, guerrilla, and small unit warfare, including Clausewitz's Lectures on Small War, held at the Prussian ...
The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods

The Art of War: Sun Zi's Military Methods

Sunzi

Sun Zi's Military Methods Sunzi. FOREWORD Arthur Waldron Sun Zi was an extraordinary thinker, still very influential. As a strategist he shares supremacy with just one other writer: Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), author of On War ( 1832).
Counterinsurgency in a Test Tube: Analyzing the Success of ...

Counterinsurgency in a Test Tube: Analyzing the Success of ...

Russell W. Glenn

As of July 18, 2006: https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bp.html Clarke, Group Captain Shaun, Royal New Zealand Air Force, interview with Russell W. Glenn, Wellington, New Zealand, November 21, 2005. Clausewitz, Carl von ...
Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century

Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century

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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.
Nelson_s Battles: The Triumph of British Seapower

Nelson_s Battles: The Triumph of British Seapower

Nicolas Tracy

Great Britain, Houseof Commons, 1902vol LXVI p451. Sessional PaperCd 1299. 38. Carl Marievon Clausewitz, OnWar, PeterParet andMichael Howard, editors, Princeton: Princeton University Press,1976,p 605. 39. PRO 30/8/79f Tracy, 279.
Air Power History

Air Power History

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1. Karl von Clausewitz, On War, trans, and ed. Michael Howard and Peter Paret ( Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976), p. 69. 2. Mark Clodfelter, The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam (New York: The ...
Towards a European Civil Code

Towards a European Civil Code

E. H. Hondius

This idea was decisively rejected by Friedrich Carl von Savigny who insisted on the necessity of establishing 'an organically ... 15 Christian von Bar, 'Die Study Group on a European Civil Code', in: Festschrift fiir Dieter Henrich, 2000, pp. 1 ff.

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