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Clausewitz. A Very Short Introduction

By Michael Howard

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
0192802577, 9780192802576, 0192876082, 9780192876089, 0192876074, 9780192876072, 9780191539176
ASIN
B001QCXW9M
LCC
U21.2 .H657 1983,U21.2 H65
Open Library ID
OL21434341M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2313909 bytes)
Series
Very Short Introductions
Edition
1
Pages
96\96
Topic
Education
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is considered by many to have been one of the greatest writers on war. His study On War was described by the American strategic thinker Bernard Brodie as "not simply the greatest, but the only great book about war." It is hard to disagree. Even though he wrote his only major work at a time when the range of firearms was fifty yards, much of what he had to say remains relevant today. Michael Howard explains Clausewitz's ideas in terms both of his experiences as a professional soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, and of the intellectual background of his time.

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