On War

Name: On War
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ISBN: 9780140444278

ISBN-10: 0140444270

ISBN-13: 9780140444278

Edition: 1968 (Abridged)

Authors: Carl von Clausewitz, J. J. Graham, Anatol Rapoport, Carl Von 1780-1831 Clausewitz

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Written at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian solider 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.

Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 1968
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/18/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.83" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.638

Anatol Rapoport is professor at the University of Toronto, and a fellow at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has written over four hundred articles, and is author of the following books: Conflict in Man Made Environment ; Game Theory as a Theory of Conflict Resolution ; and General Systems Theory . He is widely recognized as the dean of war and peace studies in North America.



Preface to the Pelican Edition


Introduction



On War


Introduction



Introduction of the Author


Brief Memoir of General Clausewitz by The Translator



On the Nature of War



What is War?



End and Means in War



The Genius for War



Of Danger in War



Of Bodily Exertion in War



Information in War



Friction in War



Concluding Remarks



On the Theory of War



Branches of the Art of War



On the Theory of War



Art or Science of War



Methodicism



Criticism



On Examples



Of Strategy in General



Strategy



Elements of Strategy



Moral Forces



The Chief Moral Powers



Military Virtue of an Army



Boldness



Perseverance



Superiority of Numbers



The Surprise



Stratagem



Assembly of Forces in Space



Assembly of Forces in Time



Strategic Reserve



Economy of Forces



Geometrical Element



On the Suspension of the Act in War



On the Character of Modern War



Tension and Rest



The Combat



Introductory



Character of the Modern Battle



The Combat in General



The Combat in General (continuation)



On the Signification of the Combat



Duration of the Combat



Decision of the Combat



Mutual Understanding as to a Battle



The Battle



Effects of Victory



The Use of the Battle



Strategic Means of Utilizing Victory



Retreat After a Lost Battle


Sketches for Book Eight Plan of War



Introduction



Absolute and Real War






Interdependence of the Parts in War



Of the Magnitude of the Object of the War, and the Efforts to be Made



Ends in War More Precisely Defined - Overthrow of the Enemy



Ends in War More Precisely Defined (continued) - Limited Object






Influence of the Political Object on the Military Object



War as an Instrument of Policy


Concluding Remarks



Notes


References


Glossary


Index