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Clausewitz - Philosopher of War (Hardcover)
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Clausewitz - Philosopher of War (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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In this edition, originally published in 1983, the late Professor
Raymond Aron, one of France's most distinguished social scientists,
presented a major re-evaluation of Carl von Clausewitz, 'the genius
of war'. He sees in Clausewitz a political philosopher of major
importance, whose impact and significance permeate many facets of
modern society. Yet Clausewitz's reputation was entirely
posthumous, for his great work, On War, was published after his
death, and in his lifetime he achieved only a limited reputation as
a military thinker and planner. Even today he is more often quoted
than closely read. Aron begins by elucidating the complexity of
Clausewitz's thought and by describing his main ideas. He gives an
account of the successive phases in the development of On War, and
traces the different interpretations of Clausewitz's doctrine in
Germany, in France and in Soviet Russia. Finally, Aron analyses
many aspects of the present world using the concepts of Clausewitz,
and is therefore able to examine such modern phenomena as the
theory of the nuclear deterrent and 'total war' in Clausewitzian
terms. This is a book of piercing insights by a writer of
world-wide reputation, who used the Clausewitz world-view as a
means of political analysis. It is thus still of great importance
and interest to contemporary historians and to all who are
concerned with military and political affairs.
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