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Corresponde al general prusiano Carl von Clausewitz el mérito de haber sido el primero en advertir el carácter de instrumento político de la guerra. «La guerra no es más que la continuación de la política del Estado por otros medios», afirmaba. Y de ahí su claro postulado: el ejército tiene que someterse siempre a la política y a las directrices de ella emanadas.
Esta obra, cuya última y completa versión se traduce por primera vez al español directamente desde su lengua original, el alemán, constituye un relevante trabajo de la literatura militar que aspira a acercarse intelectualmente al fenómeno bélico, a identificar los factores determinantes del conflicto y a analizar su funcionamiento interno.
De la guerra ocupó doce años de la vida de su autor. Su mujer, la condesa de Brühl, se encargó de la edición póstuma de este breviario estratégico que está considerado una imprescindible referencia bibliográfica y que, como señala Gabriel Cardona en el estudio preliminar, ejerció una extraordinaria influencia en todos los tiempos, desde Napoleón a Lenin.
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Military art and science, War, Strategy, Military, Nonfiction, Oorlog, Kriegfu hrung, Quelle, Guerre, Art et science militaires, Art militaire, Wehrwissenschaft, Krieg, Kriegführung, Guerra, Stratégie, HISTORY, War (philosophy), military science, French Revolution, astronomy, hostility, liberation, chance, enemy, military power, courage, reciprocal action, army, political object, attack, violence, Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, Military policy, Armed Conflicts, U102 .c6557 2001, 355.4, Success in business, Politics and warPeople
Puysegur, Charles XII, Henry IV, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick II, Julius August Reinhold von Grawert, Archduke Charles of Austria, Isaac Newton Sir (1642-1727), Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)Places
Luxemburg, France, Jena, Saalfeld, Rhine, Norican Alps, Tagliamento, Champ-Aubert, Montmirail, ParisTimes
18th century, 1830Showing 11 featured editions. View all 190 editions?
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Vom Kriege is the basic work on the Western way of war. For Clauswitz, war is "politics by other means". It concentrates on defeating the enemy by massing overwhelming force at the enemy's weak point. In his rationalistic model, the prince (or other governing elite) begins with a set of objectives and chooses the most cost-effective way of accomplishing them. If force is seen as that way, then the prince chooses war. When the objectives have been achieved, then the war has been won regardless of conditions and dispositions on the field.
Clausewitz is read by every officer cadet in every decent military academy in the world. Written in the 18th century, Vom Kriege is as relevant today as the day it was published.
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