مؤلف: Peter Paret

Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. Peter Paret combines social and military history and psyc …

The compelling story of the military campaign that changed how we think about war Responding to the enemy’s innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book trace …

‘Authoritative and convincing.’—New York Times Book Review The classic reference on the theory and practice of war The essays in this volume analyze war, its strategic characterisitics, and its polit …

The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in English Carl von Clausewitz’s On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics a …

The seemingly endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have renewed the age-old debate over what constitutes military victory. Will the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan be seen as a sign of …

Carl von Clausewitz’s major theoretical work, On War, has retained its freshness and relevance since it first appeared 160 years ago. Clausewitz was also a wide-ranging, innovative historian–his ace …

A new view of the years of Prussian reform is presented here, showing the military impact of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France on Prussia, the nature of the challenge, the efforts of Prussian insti …

Anything but a detached theorist, Clausewitz was as fully engaged in the intellectual and cultural currents of his time as in its political and military conflicts. Late-eighteenth century thought hel …

‘betrifft: Beamte’ – die Frühjahrsausgabe der ZIG spürt den ideenhistorisch bisher wenig gewürdigten Schlüsselfiguren der Moderne nach. Soziologisch bilden die Beamten eine Parallelgesellschaft im Hi …

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These essays provide an authoritative introduction to Carl von Clausewitz and enlarge the history of war by joining it to the history of ideas and institutions and linking it with intellectual biogra …