By situating the great prussian in historical context, he presents a conception truer to clausewitzs intention. On war is the most significant attempt in western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. In whole or in part, it remains required reading in americas senior military schools, as well as in many civilian strategic studies programs and, increasingly, in business. His magnus opus on war is used by military historians, strategists, and politicians to this. Nevertheless, the author stresses war as a political action. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading on war. Completed 1017 years before clausewitz on war, principles of war can be useful in understanding the development of the generals thought, deeper insight into on war. It is an extraordinary attempt to construct an allembracing theory of how war. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks as you want during the free trial and its all yours to keep even if you cancel during the free trial. Its coherence and ambition are unmatched by other military literature. Contents introduction preface to the first edition notice the introduction of the author brief memoir of general clausewitz book 1. It has been translated into english several times as on war. On war, book 1 by clausewitz my interpretation and summary.
Great books, the masterpieces of the special branch of knowledge with which they deal, are often very big books. Feb 26, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Not simply the greatest but the only truly great book on war, declared historian bernard brodie of principles of war. Clausewitz had set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in 1827, but did not live to finish the task. Clausewitzs conception of war is strikingly unique. After more than a century and a half, clausewitzs work remains the most comprehensive, perceptive, and modern contribution to. Princeton university press, 1984, particularly if you are using this book for your scholarly or research work. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it.
Clausewitzs on war and sun tzus art of war in one volume. Clausewitzs on war has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject. Since the works first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. It was a very difficult book to read and i think ive made some errors in interpretation plus grammar and spelling. Clausewitz on small war read online or download ebooks pdf. Buy the best translationrecommended for serious readers. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes. It is an extraordinary attempt to construct an allembracing theory of how war works. Graham translation of clausewitz s vom kriege 1832 published in london in 1873.
This book is a classic and a must for every one interested in military history and history in general. Clausewitz was so far mostly interpreted as the paradigmatic thinker of major interstate war. Feb 26, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. You can also support the site by buying a collection, such as the politics, society, science, and philosophy one, with 70 ebooks for only. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read on war. The edition cited here was edited by michael howard and peter paret, princeton university press, 1984, pp. On war is one of the first books on modern military strategy. Clausewitz on small war read online or download ebooks. His most notable work, vom kriege on war, was unfinished at his death. War in which no restraints are present, of the either the social legal, custom, or moral variety or physical geography, weather, or politics, war in this setting is absolute, the destruction of the enemy by complete annihilation is not only possible. In his book vom kriege on war the expression is explained. Clausewitz s conception of war is strikingly unique. The service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, ereaders, and tablets.
His message is a simple one dont start a war unless you are prepared to finish itcompletely. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw. Clausewitz in the twenty first century book summary. Written two centuries ago by a prussian military thinker, this is the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many ways, the most modern book on warfare. Great books, the masterpieces of the special branch of. Wikipedia book on war volume 1 download m4b 87mb download cover art download cd case insert. War is a continuation of politics by different means. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. On war, book 1 by clausewitz my interpretation and. He had a theory that it was the integration of political, societal and economic issues that was the most important factor in deciding the outcome of a war. In this book, waldman explores clausewitzs central theoretical device for understanding war the remarkable trinity of politics, chance and passion. Sep 02, 2008 on war is the most significant attempt in western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy.
Grahams translation of the original work is adequate. However, grahams edition only contains the first four books of the work. Graham 1808 1883 a classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the napoleonic wars. Clausewitz is a central figure in both the academic field of strategic studies and the practice of military education worldwide. Project gutenberg offers 61,951 free ebooks to download.
Written two centuries ago by a prussian military thinker, this is the most. On war, book 1 by clausewitz my interpretation and summary i have just finished reading on wars book 1 by clausewitz. Jan 23, 2012 clausewitz is defining war in an absolute sense. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It was a very difficult book to read and i think ive made some. Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language eworkbooks.