On Wellington : a critique of Waterloo / Carl von Clausewitz ; translated and edited by Peter Hofschröer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.

Contributor:

Hofschröer, Peter.

Series:

Campaigns and commanders ; v. 25.

Campaigns and commanders ; v. 25

Standardized Title:

Feldzug von 1815 in Frankreich. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852.

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Personal narratives, German.

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Belgium--Waterloo.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Personal narratives, German.

Contemporaries.

Command of troops.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852--Military leadership.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Contemporaries.

Napoleon.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- German.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

vii, 251 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010]

Summary:

The Battle of Waterloo has been studied and dissected so extensively that one might assume little more on the subject could be discovered. Now historian Peter Hofschröer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War. -- Clausewitz, the Western world's most renowned military theorist, participated in the Waterloo campaign as a senior staff officer in the Prussian army. His appraisal, offered here in an up-to-date and readable translation, criticized the Duke of Wellington's actions. Lord Liverpool sent his translation of the manuscript to Wellington, who pronounced it a "lying work." The translated commentary was quickly buried in Wellington's private papers, where it languished for a century and a half. Now published for the first time in English, Hofschröer brings Clausewitz's critique back into view with thorough annotation and contextual explanation. Peter Hofschröer, long recognized as a leading scholar of the Napoleonic Wars, shows how the Duke prevented the account's publication during his lifetime--a manipulation of history so successful that almost two centuries passed before Clausewitz's work reemerged, finally permitting a reappraisal of key events in the campaign. In addition to translating and annotating Clausewitz's critique, Hofschröer also includes an order of battle and an extensive bibliography.

Notes:

Originally published in German as Der Feldzug von 1815 in Frankreich, as v. 8 in the posthumously published work Hinterlassene Werke des Generals Carl von Clausewitz über Krieg und Kriegführung. Berlin : F. Dümmler, 1832-1837.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806141084

0806141085

OCLC:

475453995