On War
'War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to our will'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, Clausewitz illustrated the need to annihilate the enemy and to 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,…
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Weitere Autoren: Graham, J. (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-14-044427-8
- EAN: 9780140444278
- Produktnummer: 8428211
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1982
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.8 cm x D2.1 cm 322 g
- Abbildungen: bibliography, index
- Gewicht: 322
Über den Autor
Prussian general and military theorist Charles Von Clausewitz was born in the Prussian city of Burg in 1780. He was commissioned to take part in the campaigns of the First Coalition against Revolutionary France. He is most famous for his military treatise Vom Kriege, translated into English as On War.
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