Understanding War: Essays on Clausewitz and the History of Military Power - Softcover

Paret, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691000905 ISBN 13: 9780691000909

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1993

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Book by Paret Peter

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"Peter Paret is arguably the world's leading scholar on Clausewitz... Here he has collected essays published over a lifetime of scholarship on Clausewitz and the history and institutions of war. They display his characteristic attention to detail, awareness of the larger context, insightful comments, and readable style."--L. L. Farrar, Jr., History: Reviews of New Books "Peter Paret is a prominent figure in the revival of [military history]; hence, the publication of his collected essays is a matter of import... There is much in this small book for the soldier as well as the historian... This is, indeed, a valuable book."--Edward M. Coffman, Parameters

Reseña del editor:

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 biography. Reflecting Peter Paret's three decades of study of Clausewitz and of the history of war, they examine Clausewitz's theoretical work in the context of his time and in relation to war as a general historical phenomenon. Although the analytical strength of On War makes it far more than a historical document, Clausewitz's ideas and the methods he employed to express, develop, and test them become clearer when his work is seen against a historical background.

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• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0691000905
• ISBN 13: 9780691000909
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244