Heinrich's second son, Count Carl Adolf von Briih], had married the daughter of the English Consul in Petersburg, Sophie Gomm. Marie was their first child, born on 3rd June, 1779, in Warsaw. Marie spent the first five years of her life ...
Weakened by the death of “my beloved, cherished friend,” Clausewitz was then dealt another blow by the treatment of Gneisenau's memory by the King. The official state journal, Allgemeine preussische Staatszeitung, announced the death of ...
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Militærhistorie, krigshistorie - om den tyske militærhistoriske klassiker: Vom Kriege og forfatteren, general Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), skrevet af den anerkendte engelske historiker, militærhistoriker og sikkerhedspolitiske ...
Carl von Clausewitz's masterwork, On War, is generally considered the greatest text on military theory ever written. Clausewitz is a touchstone for the field today, and is read by scholars, students, and military personnel around the world.
A new, incisive biography of Carl von Clausewitz, sketching out his life and career and exploring the various causes that led to the formulation of his theories about war and the publication of his masterpiece, On War.
These diverse essays take Clausewitz's ideas about the state as the starting point for analyzing the central issue posed by his work: the relationship between war in all its manifestations, and politics in all its forms.