Understanding War: Essays on Clausewitz and the History of Military Power

Peter Paret

Published by Princeton University Press 1992

Understanding War

Essays on Clausewitz and the History of Military Power

Peter Paret

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691216034

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About this book

These essays provide an authoritative 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.

Author / Editor information

Peter Paret, Professor in the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, is the editor and translator, with Daniel Moran, of Carl von Clausewitz: Historical and Political Writings (Princeton), and the author, with Beth Irwin Lewis and Paul Paret, of Persuasive Images: Posters of War and Revolution from the Archives of the Hoover Institution (Princeton).

Reviews

"Peter Paret is arguably the world's leading scholar on Clausewitz. . . . Here he has collected essays published over a lifetime of scholarship on Clausewitz and the history and institutions of war. They display his characteristic attention to detail, awareness of the larger context, insightful comments, and readable style."---L. L. Farrar, Jr., History: Reviews of New Books

"Peter Paret is a prominent figure in the revival of [military history]; hence, the publication of his collected essays is a matter of import. . . . There is much in this small book for the soldier as well as the historian. . . . This is, indeed, a valuable book."---Edward M. Coffman, Parameters

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: WAR AND ITS INSTITUTIONS
ONE. Military Power Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
TWO. The Relationship between the American Revolutionary War and European Military Thought and Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
THREE. Nationalism and the Sense of Military Obligation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
FOUR. Conscription and the End of the Ancien Regime in France and Prussia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
FIVE. Napoleon as Enemy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
SIX. Jena and Auerstedt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
PART TWO: CLAUSEWITZ
SEVEN. Clausewitz: Life and Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
EIGHT. Two Letters on Strategy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
NINE. Clausewitz as Historian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
TEN. Continuity and Discontinuity in Some Interpretations by Tocqueville and Clausewitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
ELEVEN. Kleist and Clausewitz: A Comparative Sketch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
TWELVE. Clausewitz's Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
THIRTEEN. "A Proposition Not a Solution"—Clausewitz's Attempt To Become Prussian Minister at the Court of St. James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
FOURTEEN. Reactions to Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
FIFTEEN. An Unknown Letter by Clausewitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
PART THREE: THE HISTORY OF WAR
SIXTEEN. The History of War and the New Military History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227

Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 252
Keywords: American Revolutionary War; Bismarck; Otto von; Büsch; Otto; Charles X; King of France; Colin; Jean; Clausewitz; Marie von; Dilthey; Wilhelm; Falls; Cyril; French Revolution; Gilbert; Felix; Grouchy; Emmanuel de; Hayes; Carlton; Hintze; Otto; Jaurès; Jean; Kant; Immanuel; Luden; Heinrich; Ludendorff; Erich; Machiavelli; Millis; Walter; Moran; Daniel; Namier; Lewis; Parrish; Noel F.; Ranke; Leopold von; revolution in war; Schiller; Friedrich von; Voltaire; Webster; Charles; Zichy; Count

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Published: July 21, 2020
ISBN: 9780691216034