Ebook {Epub PDF} On War by Carl von Clausewitz

ISBN: Clausewitz's On War and Sun Tzu's Art of War in one volume. The translation of Clausewitz's On War is the version done by German literary scholar O.J. Matthijs Jolles at the University of Chicago during World War II—not today's standard translation, but .  · For Clausewitz, “war is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means,” (On War (), pp. ). That is to say, war is one means of political intercourse, characterized by military force, to accomplish political ends. Carl von Clausewitz’s On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work’s first appearance in , it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, political leaders, and Released on: J.

By Hussein Noureldin, Widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of war, Carl von Clausewitz produced his most famous work during his final years. Before any scrutiny of his work, it is crucial to acknowledge that On War, published posthumously by his wife in , was unfinished upon his www.doorway.ru this we must view it as Clausewitz's unrevised, unfiltered philosophy. Colonel J.J. Graham's translation of the original work is adequate. However, Graham's edition only contains the first four books of the work. If you are looking for the complete works I recommend Carl von Clausewitz, On War, eds. and trans. Michael Howard and Peter Paret (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, ), particularly if you are using this book for your scholarly or research work. BRIEF MEMOIR OF GENERAL CLAUSEWITZ (BY TRANSLATOR). The Author of the work here translated, General Carl Von Clausewitz, was born at Burg, near Magdeburg, in , and entered the Prussian Army as Fahnenjunker (i.e., ensign) in He served in the campaigns of on the Rhine, after which he seems to have devoted some time to the study of the scientific branches of his profession.

Vom Kriege is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between and , and published posthumously by his wife Marie von Brühl in It has been translated into English several times as On War. On War is an unfinished work. Clausewitz had set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in , but did not live to finish the task. His wife edited his collected works and published them between and ISBN: Clausewitz's On War and Sun Tzu's Art of War in one volume. The translation of Clausewitz's On War is the version done by German literary scholar O.J. Matthijs Jolles at the University of Chicago during World War II—not today's standard translation, but certainly the most accurate. NOTE: This version of Carl von Clausewitz's famous treatise On War is the only complete (i.e., it contains all eight books, etc.) on-line posting of the long-obsolete J.J. Graham translation published by Nicholas Trübner in London in It is derived from the German original, Clausewitz's Vom Kriege (Berlin: Dümmlers Verlag, ).