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Combining military theory and raw accounts of its practice, Carl von Clausewitz's treatise On War has had a profound influence on subsequent thinking on warfare. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Anatol Rapoport. Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought. In line with Napoleon's own military actions, he illustrated the need to annihilate the enemy and make a strong display of one's power in an 'absolute war' without compromise. But he was also careful to distinguish between war and politics, arguing that war could only be justified when debate was no longer adequate, and that if undertaken, its aim should ultimately be to improve the wellbeing of the nation, pioneering the notion of war as 'politics by other means'. This edition contains a detailed introduction, examining von Clausewitz's skill and reputation as a writer, philosopher and political thinker, as well as a bibliography, notes and a glossary. Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian soldier and writer who entered the Prussian Military at the age of twelve with the rank of Lance-Corporal, serving in the Rhine campaign from 1793 to 1794. In 1801 he joined the Berlin Military Academy, where he studied Kant and attracted the attention of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, whom he later helped to reform the Prussian army. More a philosopher than a soldier, Clausewitz's fame rests on the enduring success of On War (Vom Kriege), unfinished at the time of his death and published posthumously by his wife, in 1832. If you enjoyed On War, you might like Sun-Tzu's The Art of War, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN-13
9780140444278
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Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Carl Clausewitz
Publication Name
On War
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
1982
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
464 Pages

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198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
319g

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Carl Clausewitz
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United Kingdom

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For thinkers "On War" and how it relates to Business
Clausewitz is a very heavy writer, very pedantic, and his sentences are sometimes quite long. IMO he writes as he speaks...little pause, but with a whole thought in a sentence or paragraph. And translating from Prussian to English has its own foibles. This is a treatise that is recommended for any real world strategist. Relating the lessons to business strategy is as good as relating Sun Tzu, albeit with differing approaches to the same result. Interesting that they were written almost 1500 years apart.
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