Clausewitz in His Time : : Essays in the Cultural and Intellectual History of Thinking about War / / Peter Paret.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Paret, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (150 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Text and Context Two Paths to Clausewitz --; 2 A Learned Officer among Others --; 3 Frederick the Great as Interpreted by Clausewitz and Schlieffen Three Phases in the History of Strategy --; 4 From Ideal to Ambiguity Johannes von Müller, Clausewitz, and the People in Arms --; 5 “Half against My Will, I Have Become a Professor” --; 6 Two Historians on Defeat in War and Its Causes --; Bibliography --; Index of Texts --; Name Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782385820; 9783110998238
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782385820
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Paret.

Anything but a detached theorist, Clausewitz was as fully engaged in the intellectual and cultural currents of his time as in its political and military conflicts. Late-eighteenth century thought helped shape the analytic methods he developed for the study of war. The essays in this volume follow his career in a complex military society, together with that of other students of war, both friends and rivals, providing a broad perspective that leads to significant documents so far unknown or ignored. They add to our understanding of Clausewitz’s early ideas and their expansion into a comprehensive theory that continues to challenge our thinking about war today.