Clausewitz On War.pdf

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1、’ONWARCCwasborninBurgnearMagdeburginPrussiain.Thesonofalow-rankingPrussianofficer,hewaseducatedasacadetinthearmy,andwasonactivemilitaryserviceinhisteens,fightingagainstFranceintheFrenchRevolutionaryWars.HestudiedmilitaryhistoryunderGerhard

2、vonScharnhorst,whomhefarsurpassedintellectually,developinghisknowledgeofthetacticsemployedinthegreatEuropeanconflictsoftheeighteenthcentury.InhemetMarie,CountessvonBrühl,whobecamehiswifein.ClausewitztookpartinthebattlesofJenaandAuerstedtin,whenNapoleondefeatedPrus

3、sia,andwasbrieflyimprisonedbytheFrench.OnhisreleasehejoinedScharnhorst’scommissionintothePrussianmilitary,institutingwide-rangingreforms.HewitnessedthebattlesofSmolenskandBorodinoduringNapoleon’s–campaign,fightingbrieflyontheRussianside,whichprovidedvaluableinsightsforhis

4、futurework.ClausewitzbecametheadministrativedirectoroftheMilitaryAcademyinBerlinin,anditwasthere,betweentheyearsand,thathewroteOnWar.InhewassenttopreventaPolishinsurrection;hediedofcholeraonNovember.OnWarwaspublishedbyhiswidowin.MHisEmeri

5、tusProfessorofModernHistoryatbothOxfordandYaleuniversities.PPisProfessorEmeritusattheInstituteofAdvancedStudies,PrincetonUniversity.BHisaProfessorattheUniversityoftheGermanFederalArmedForces,Munich.HerpreviouspositionsincludeProfessorofInternationalandStr

6、ategicStudiesintheDepart-mentofWarStudiesatKing’sCollegeLondon,andDirectorofResearchattheMilitaryHistoryResearchInstituteinPotsdam.HerpublicationsincludeReadingClausewitz().’ForoveryearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreat

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