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Clausewitz in the twenty-first century / edited by Hew Strachan and Andreas Herberg-Rothe.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege.
- Clausewitz, Carl von.
- Military art and science.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Other Title:
- Clausewitz in the 21st century
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject. But since the end of the Cold War in 1990, and even more since the 9/11 attacks on the United states in 2001, an increasing number of commentators have argued that On War has lost its analytical edge as a tool for understanding war. They have argued that Clausewitz was concerned solely with inter-state war and with properly defined armies,and that the sorts of conflicts which he discussed are therefore part of a historical pattern which dominated Europe between 1648, the en
- Contents:
- Foreword; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1. Clausewitz and the Dialectics of War; 2. Clausewitz and the Non-Linear Nature of War: Systems of Organized Complexity; 3. Clausewitz's On War: Problems of Text and Translation; 4. The Primacy of Policy and the 'Trinity' in Clausewitz's Mature Thought; 5. The Instrument: Clausewitz on Aims and Objectives in War; 6. Moral Forces in War; 7. War as 'Art': Aesthetics and Politics in Clausewitz's Social Thinking; 8. Clausewitz's Ideas of Strategy and Victory; 9. On Defence as the Stronger Form of War; 10. Clausewitz and Small Wars
- 11. Clausewitz and the Nature of the War on Terror12. Clausewitz and the Privatization of War; 13. Clausewitz and Information Warfare; 14. Clausewitz and the Two Temptations of Modern Strategic Thinking; 15. Civil-Military Relations and Democracies; 16. Clausewitz and a New Containment: the Limitation of War and Violence; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-164762-4
- 1-281-15042-8
- 9786611150426
- 0-19-152832-3
- 1-4356-2212-X
- OCLC:
- 191048993
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