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The Origins of Military Thought: From the Enlightenment to Clausewitz (Oxford Historical Monographs)

By Azar Gat

Book information

Year
1991
ISBN
0198202571, 9780198202578, 0198229488, 9780198229483
LCC
U39 .G38 1989
Open Library ID
OL2050514M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2849533 bytes)
Pages
289\289
Topic
History
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book sheds new light on the origins and nature of modern military thinking. The ideas of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831)--which remain at the core of strategic analysis today--have previously been examined apart from their 18th-century cultural and philosophical roots. Gat here demonstrates the extent to which culture affects military theory by relating a series of military thinkers to their cultural backgrounds. He also provides a provocative critique of Clausewitz's classic work On War, and demonstrates how the major currents of modern military thought have evolved from the cultural frameworks and historical outlooks of both the German Movement and the Enlightenment.

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