WE propose to consider first the single elements of our subject, then each branch or part, and, last of all, the whole, in all its relations—therefore to advance from the simple to the complex.
An edition of Vom Kriege
(1835)
On War
by Carl von Clausewitz, F. N. Maude, Wanda McCaddon, and James John Graham
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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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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
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Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of Vom Kriege.
"Prepared under the auspices of the Center of International Studies, Princeton University."
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