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Overview
Karl von Clausewitz's 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 continued to be relevant to the conduct of war throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and is likely to remain so in the twenty-first. 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."An excellent and concise summary that should be most useful for courses in modern European history and in the history of war."--Mark Peattie.
Book Details
Published
March 1, 1983
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pages
88
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780192876089