Clausewitz on Small War (Hardcover)

Widely recognized as one of the most important theorists of warfare, important strands of Carl von Clausewitz's thinking on the subject are not widely known. In the English-speaking world, few are familiar with anything other than his major, though unfinished and posthumously published, opus On War, which is available in numerous translations. Although the corpus of Clausewitz's writings on the topic of warfare is far greater, most of these texts have never been translated. In Clausewitz on Small War, Christopher Daase and James W. Davis begin to redress this unfortunate state of affairs. In this volume they have assembled and translated Clausewitz's most important texts devoted to the analysis of asymmetric, unconventional, guerrilla, and small unit warfare, including Clausewitz's Lectures on Small War, held at the Prussian War Academy in 1810 and 1811. Augmenting our understanding of Clausewitz with his early writings on Small War leads to the conclusion that asymmetric warfare is not an historical development that can be termed pre- or post-Clausewitzian as many contemporary scholars of war and military strategy argue. Rather, Clausewitz himself emerges as an early theorist of insurgency and asymmetric warfare with insights that are relevant today. The book is a must read for soldiers, military strategists, historians of war, and students of international security.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
Editors:	Christopher Daase (Professor of International Organization) • James W. Davis (Professor of International Relations)
Dimensions:	237 x 170 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-873713-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Theory of warfare & military science Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	0-19-873713-0
Barcode:	9780198737131

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