Summary
A comprehensive examination of the most important figure in the history of military theory and of his great classic work.Clausewitz’s On War, first published in 1832, remains the most famous study of the nature and conditions of warfare. Contemporaries found him ‘endearing’ or ‘totally unpalatable’, while later generations called him ‘the father of modern strategical study’, whose tenets have ‘eternal relevance’, or dismissed him as outdated. Was it really he who made the discovery that warf…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712664844 |
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| ISBN-10: | 071266484X |
| Author: | Beatrice Heuser |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 337g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Pimlico |
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About The Author
Beatrice Heuser
Beatrice Heuser has taught at the Universities of Oxford and Reims and currently holds a Chair in International Relations at the University of Reading.
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