On Clausewitz: A Study of Military and Political Ideas

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Author(s): Hugh Smith
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2005

Language: English
Pages: 272

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Part I Clausewitz’s Life and Personality......Page 14
1 Soldier......Page 16
2 Scholar......Page 27
Part II War in the Napoleonic Era......Page 36
3 On Warfare......Page 38
4 On Armies......Page 51
Part III On War......Page 64
5 The Intellectual Provenance of On War......Page 66
6 On War......Page 76
Part IV The Levels of War......Page 84
7 War as Fighting......Page 86
8 War as Contest......Page 98
9 War as an Instrument of Policy......Page 111
10 Pure War and Real War......Page 124
Part V Strategy......Page 138
11 The Nature of Strategy......Page 140
12 The Conduct of the Campaign......Page 153
13 Command......Page 169
Part VI Theory and Practice......Page 182
14 Theory......Page 184
15 Praxis......Page 198
Part VII The Political Context......Page 210
16 Politics and the State......Page 212
17 External Policy......Page 223
18 International Politics......Page 236
Part VIII The Relevance of On War......Page 248
19 Clausewitz to 1945......Page 250
20 Hypermodern War......Page 257
21 Anti-Modern War......Page 264
22 Modern War since 1945......Page 270
23 A Farewell to Clausewitz?......Page 278
Notes......Page 285
Bibliography......Page 302
C......Page 312
I......Page 313
R......Page 314
W......Page 315
Y......Page 316