On War (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Carl Von Clausewitz 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 2000-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781853264825
• 定价 62.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 400页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

OnWarisperhapsthegreatestbookeverwrittenaboutwar.CarlvonClausewitz,aPrussiansoldier,hadwitnessedatfirsthandtheimmensedestructivepoweroftheFrenchRevolutionaryarmieswhichsweptacrossEuropebetween1792and1815.Hisresponsewastowriteacomprehensivetextcoveringeveryaspectofwarfare.OnWarisbothaphilosophicalandpracticalworkinwhichClausewitzdefinestheessentialnatureofwar,debatesthequalitiesofthegreatcommander,assessestherelativestrengthsofdefensiveandoffensivewarfare,and-inhighlycontroversialpassages-considerstherelationshipbetweenwarandpolitics.HisargumentsareillustratedwithvividexamplesdrawnfromthecampaignsofFredericktheGreatandNapoleonBonaparte.Forthestudentofsocietyaswellasthemilitaryhistorian,OnWarremainsacompellingandindispensablesource.

【作者简介】

BeatriceHeuserisProfessorofattheUniversityoftheGermanFederalArmedForces,Munich.MichaelHowardisaProfessorofMilitaryandNavalHistoryatYaleUniversity.PeterParetisProfessorEmeritusofModernEuropeanHistoryattheInstituteofAdvanceStudies,Princeton.