Prussian strategic thought 1815-1830 : : beyond Clausewitz / / Jacek Jędrysiak ; translated by Witold Zbirohowski-Kościa.

"Carl von Clausewitz is still considered one of the most important writers on military strategy. In Prussian Military Thought 1815-1830: Beyond Clausewitz, Jacek Je?drysiak offers a new perspective on the context of his legacy, with a detailed analysis of Prussian military thought after the Nap...

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Superior document:History of warfare ; Volume 131
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:History of warfare ; Volume 131.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Determinants of the study of the history of the Prussian Army in the19th century
  • Methodology and research methods
  • Structure of the work
  • Part 1. Conditions for the development of Prussian military thought in the years 1815-1830
  • Kingdom of Prussia as an element of the European balance of power
  • Prussia's internal situation and problems organising its Armed Forces after 1815
  • Restoration of the Prussian "Military Monarchy" and organisation of military authorities
  • Defence planning in Prussia in the years 1815-1830
  • Institutional impact on Prussian military science, didactics, and literature
  • Part 2. Prussian defence planning in the years 1815-1830
  • The strategic views of Hermann von Boyen and Karl von Grolman
  • Prussian strategic concepts in the years 1815-1819
  • The military-theoretical views of Karl von Muffling
  • Evidence of Prussian defence planning in the years 1820-1830
  • Part 3. Prussian strategic thought in the military literature in the years 1815-1803
  • Johann Otto August Ruhle von Lilienstern and his vision of the art of war
  • Carl von Decker and works published under his auspices in the years 1815-1830
  • The Art of war from the point of view of Georg Wilhelm von Valentini
  • Johann Friedrich Constatin von Lossay and his Der Krieg fur wahre Krieger
  • First works of Heinrich August von Brandt
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Biographies.