Carl von Clausewitz (eBook)

Historical and Political Writings

Carl von Clausewitz (Autor)

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2014
416 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6216-0 (ISBN)

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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 acerbic history of Prussia before 1806 became an underground classic long before it could be published--and a combative political essayist, whose observations on the affairs of Germany and Europe combine social egalitarianism with a nearly Bismarckian Realpolitik. In this companion volume to On War, the editors bring together Clausewitz's political writings and a selection of his historical works--material that is fascinating in its own right, important as a commentary on his theories of war, and a valuable source for understanding European ideas and attitudes during and after the Napoleonic era. None of these works has previously appeared in English, with one exception, which was published in a corrupt, censored text that has now been restored to its original form. The editors have contributed introductions for the historical and for the political parts of the volume, as well as brief introductions to the individual selections. Their analyses and the texts themselves reveal Clausewitz to be an exceptionally independent observer both of the past and of his own times, whose outlook is distinguished by an unideological pragmatism and a keen sense of the possibilities and shortcomings of state power.Originally published in 1992.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Übersetzer: Peter Paret, D. Moran
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: adjutant • Allegory • ALL THINGS • Amusement • Analogy • Army of the West (1862) • Bow and Arrow • Calculation • Carl von Clausewitz • Catholic Monarchs • Central Asia • Combat readiness • Council of Trent • Counter-Reformation • Criticism • Dictatorship • diplomatic mission • domestic policy • Dutch Republic • economy • Effectiveness • Explanation • First Battle of Polotsk • Foreign Language • foreign policy • Frederick the Great • Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling • God • Grand Duchy • Gunther E. Rothenberg • heavy industry • Historicism (art) • Household goods • House of Habsburg • Immanuel Kant • impermanence • infantry • Inspection • Interconnection • Italian Republic (Napoleonic) • jacobin • kerosene • Long Peace • Louis XII of France • Loyalty • lustration • Maturity (psychological) • Meuse (department) • Military Operation • Mincio • Multitude • Natural border • Nazism • New Laws • obstacle • Officer (armed forces) • ON HUMAN NATURE • Open-mindedness • Orsha • Outburst (mining) • patrolling • phenomenon • P. J. Patterson • Plan of Campaign • Pogrom • Political Economy • Political organization • preface • Prose • Protectorate • prussia • Recklessness (law) • Rhine campaign • Roman Army • ruble • salary • second punic war • Serfdom in Russia • Sophistication • South Prussia • Sovereignty • spaniards • spokesperson • State of nature • stipend • Subsidy • sunflower oil • Supporter • Sympathy • Thought • Thuringia • Treaty of Paris (1783) • unification of germany • uniqueness • United Republic • United States Department of State • Universal Service • Upper Silesia • Wends • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6216-7 / 1400862167
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6216-0 / 9781400862160