On Clausewitz

A Study of Military and Political Ideas

By: H. Smith

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Paperback | 1 March 2005 | Edition Number 1

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Clausewitz is often quoted but more often misunderstood. On Clausewitz presents his central ideas about war and politics - such as war as an instrument of policy, the concept of Absolute War, friction and the fog of war - in a clear and systematic fashion. It also presents the man, his life and the military and intellectual environment in which he produced his great work On War . A final section considers Clausewitz's relevance to the rapidly changing nature of war today.

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' On Clausewitz is a thorough survey of all of Clausewitz's most important insights, drawn not only from On War but also from his voluminous writings on military history and international politics. Smith is particularly good at outlining the intellectual influences on Clausewitz...Far from being the bloody-minded apostle of total war portrayed by detractors, Smith's Clausewitz is a complex and fully rounded thinker.' Ian Garrick Mason, Times Literary Supplement

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Acknowledgements
Preface
Clausewitz's Life and Personality
Soldier Scholar
War in the Napoleonic Era
On Warfare
On Armies
On War
The Intellectual Provenance of On War
On War
The Levels of War
War as Fighting
War as Contest
War as an Instrument of Policy
Pure War and Real War
Strategy
The Nature of Strategy
The Conduct of the Campaign Command
Theory and Practice
Theory Praxis
The Political Context
Politics and the State
External Policy
International Politics
The Relevance of on War
Clausewitz to 1945
Hypermodern War
Anti-Modern War
Modern War since 1945
A Farewell to Clausewitz?
Bibliography
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On Clausewitz

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