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Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been
regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject. But
since the end of the Cold War in 1990, and even more since the 9/11
attacks on the United states in 2001, an increasing number of
commentators have argued that On War has lost its analytical edge
as a tool for understanding war. They have argued that Clausewitz
was concerned solely with inter-state war and with properly defined
armies, and that the sorts of conflicts which he discussed are
therefore part of a historical pattern which dominated Europe
between 1648, the end of the Thirty Years War, and 1990 itself.
Some have gone further, and suggested that Clausewitz's best known
aphorism, that war is a continuation of policy by other means, is
not only irrelevant today but also inapplicable historically.
Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century reconsiders the principal
themes in Clausewitz's writings from a contemporary perspective,
and finds in them much more inspiration and insight than these
generalisations allow. Embracing the perspectives of history,
philosophy and political science, the book reconsiders both the
text and its current implications. Traditional interpretations of
On War are put into fresh light; neglected passages are
re-examined; and new insights are derived from the conjunction
between Clausewitz's text and today's challenges. This book is a
project of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing
Character of War.
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