These essays provide an introduction to Carl von Clausewitz and
enlarge the history of war by joining it to the history of ideas
and institutions and linking it with intellectual biography.
Reflecting Peter Paret's three decades of study of Clausewitz and
of the history of war, they examine Clausewitz's theoretical work
in the context of his time and in relation to war as a general
historical phenomenon. Although the analytical strength of "On War"
makes it far more than a historical document, Clausewitz's ideas
and the methods he employed to express, develop, and test them
become clearer when his work is seen against a historical
background. The first six essays analyze military power in European
history and discuss the transformation of war at the end of the
18th century. They provide the historical setting for the following
nine essays, which address significant aspects of Clausewitz's life
and thought, from the logic of his theories to his aesthetics and
his reactions to the revolutions of 1830. The concluding essay
examines the history of war as a scholarly discipline. Together
these pieces shed light on Clausewitz, on the age in which he
lived, and on his theories, which reta
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