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ON WAR

 
 

Karl von Clausewitz

 
 

Translated by O. J. Matthjs Jolles, Forward by Col. Joseph Greene, The Modern Library, N.Y.,1941, 641 pgs., index, notes

 
 

Reviewer's comment: This was the standard reference on the subject until partially superseded by the new book of the same name edited by Peter Parey

 
 

Forward - Colonel Greene - This is largely an effort at an excuse for why On War was not a reference used (not to mention, taught) at the U.S. Army Command and Staff School or Army War College prior to WWII. The students were too busy studying future war to delve into the history of war.

 
 

Preface- Richard McKeon

 
 

Introduction - O. J. Matthijs Jolles

 
 

Two Notes by the Author

 
 

Book I -On the Nature of War

 
 

Book II -The Theory of War

 
 

Book III - Of Strategy in General

 
 

Book VI - The Engagement

 
 

Book V Military Forces

 
 

Book VI - Defense

 
 

Book VII - The Attack

 
 

Book VIII - Plan of a War

 

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