War, Politics, and Power

, by Von Clausewitz, Carl

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ISBN: 9780895264015 | 0895264013
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Copyright: 1/1/1998

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Clausewitz founded the modern basis for the systematic study of war as a field of human knowledge.

Karl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general and battlefield opponent of Napoleon. His book, originally titled Vom Kreige (On War), is the most famous and influential analysis of warfare and its principles ever written.

Edward M. Collins was a colonel in the United States Air Force. His translation and abridgement of Karl von Clausewitz's On War was published in 1962 as War, Politics, and Power and became the catalyst for the introduction of Clausewitzian philosophy into the curriculums of all the service war colleges.

Acknowledgments

(4)

Foreword

Introduction

(40)

PART ONE On War

(52)

I. What Is War?

(16)

II. Ends and Means in War

(16)

III. The Genius for War

(8)

IV. On Physical Effort in War

(2)

V. Information in War

(2)

VI. Friction in War

(4)

VII. Concluding Remarks on Book I

(4)

PART TWO The Theory of War

(22)

VIII. Branches of the Art of War

(4)

IX. On the Theory of War

(14)

X. Art of War or Science of War?

111

(4)

PART THREE Of Strategy in General

115

(14)

XI. Strategy

115

(4)

XII. Moral Elements

119

(2)

XIII. The Chief Moral Powers

121

(2)

XIV. Military Virtue of an Army

123

(6)

PART FOUR Defense

129

(6)

XV. Offense and Defense

129

(6)

PART FIVE Plan of a War

135

(72)

XVI. Introduction

135

(4)

XVII. Absolute (Theoretical) and Real War

139

(4)

XVIII. A. Interdependence of the Parts in War

143

(2)

B. Of the Magnitude of the Object of the War and the Efforts to Be Made

145

(16)

XIX. Aim of War More Precisely Defined

161

(8)

XX. Aim of War More Precisely Defined (continued)

169

(4)

XXI. A. Influence of the Political Object on the Military Object

173

(2)

B. War as an Instrument of Policy

175

(10)

XXII. Limited Aim--Offensive War

185

(4)

XXIII. Limited Aim--Defense

189

(4)

XXIV. Plan of War When the Destruction of the Enemy Is the Object

193

(14)

PART SIX I Believe and Profess

207

I Believe and Profess

207

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