Download or read book On War Volume 1 the Original Classic Edition written by Carl Von Clausewitz and published by Tebbo. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unsurpassed classic of its field: On War is essential reading for the professional military and for historians, and is of great value to those with an interest in public policy. That said, it is not easy to read. There are three primary reasons for this: First, it is unfinished. The first chapter (book as Clausewitz called it) is sharp, well-organized and focused, other chapters are so-so, and still others are almost formless collections of notes. Second, Clausewitz is thinking philosophically. Most people, including many or most in his target audience, are unaccustomed to thinking this way, and find it difficult to re-orient themselves. Third, parts of it are firmly locked in a particular time and place. The reader must work to determine what (if any) lessons in those parts are of enduring value and must understand references that, however clear they would have been to his contemporaries, are today obscure. So, given all of the above, it is fair for the reader to ask why he should bother. The reason is the power of Clausewitzs answers to: (1) What is the nature of war itself? (2) What is wars relation to the larger world in which it exists? (3) How can success in war be achieved? Clausewitzs answer to question (1) is that war in itself is a duel on a large scale, which unless acted on from the outside, tends towards the maximum possible amount of violence. This discussion of pure war has probably been responsible for more mis-interpretations of Clausewitz than anything else he wrote. He is writing philosophically - trying to understand the nature of the thing, and some readers mis-read him as writing prescriptively - that because pure war (or ideal war) tends towards maximum violence, that those conducting war should employ maximum violence. Clausewitzs answer to question (2) is one of the major reasons why pure war doesnt, cant, and shouldnt exist in the real world. First, real war occurs over time - not as a single event but as a series of events. This provides the opportunity for other forces to act upon it. The most important outside force acting upon it is political - war it is only a means - and the end is the political purposes which the war serves. The means cannot and must not trump the end. This is his famous dictum War is a continuation of policy by other means. The level of effort is conditioned by the end which the war serves as well as all the other ends the state is pursuing which may or may not be compatible with the war. It is in his answer to (3), how success in war can be achieved, that Clausewitz is at his most period-bound. He draws heavily from examples that would have been as familiar to his contemporaries as the Gulf War is to us, but time has rendered them often obscure. Further, many of his recommendations are completely tied to how war was conducted on land in the early 19th century. Those who say that they got little out of Clausewitz are often referring to this subject area.* There is quite a bit of value here, but it is obtained at effort - the reader must back up to the principals that govern Clausewitzs thinking, and re-apply them to the current technical means. Because of this, there is the irony that Clausewitz would have contributed much more here if he had written much less. Of course, he might have done so if he had finished his manuscript, but on this we can only guess. It is in the sum of (1), (2) and (3) that the value of Clausewitz is felt. The reader who makes the effort will find that he has acquired a systematic approach for thinking about war, a unified framework that includes the public policy perspective of when, whether, and how to employ it, as well as the military perspective of how to fight it.

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Download or read book The First World War 1914 1918 Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Charles À. Court Repington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First World War, 1914-1918, Vol. 1 These records of my personal experiences during the war are a contribution towards the elucidation of the truth so far as I was able to ascertain it at the time, and will, I hope, enable many to understand better the events of these memorable years. A certain amount has been omitted on the recommendation of eminent counsel, and some names have also been left out, but for the rest the entries in my diary have been left substantially as they were written, and are a faithful record of my impressions during this extra ordinary and eventful epoch. My grateful thanks are due to some most kind friends for reading the proofs and giving me much valuable advice; to Lady Maude for allowing me to use her late husband's letters to me; and to the writers of other letters for giving me permission to publish them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book On War Vol 1 of 3 Classic Reprint written by Carl von Clausewitz and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On War, Vol. 1 of 3 In the principles here committed to paper, in my opinion, the chief things which compose Strategy, as it is called, are touched upon. I looked upon them only as materials, and had just got to such a length towards the moulding them into a whole. These materials have been amassed without any regularly preconceived plan. My view was at first, without regard to system and strict connection, to put down the results of my reflections upon the most im portant points in quite brief, precise, compact propositions. The manner in which Montesquieu has treated his subject floated before me in idea. I thought that concise, sententious chapters, which I proposed at first to call grains, would attract the attention of the intelligent just as much by that which was to be developed from them, as by that which they contained in themselves. I had, therefore, before me in idea, intelligent readers already acquainted with the subject. But my nature, which always impels me to development and systematising, at last worked its way out also in this instance. For some time I was able to confme myself to extracting only the most important results from the essays, which, to attain clearness and conviction in my own mind, I wrote upon different subjects, to concentrating in that manner their spirit in a small compass but afterwards my peculiarity gained ascendency completely - I have developed what I could, and thus naturally have supposed a reader not yet acquainted with the subject. The more I advanced with the work, and the more I yielded to the Spirit of investigation, so much the more I was also led to system; and thus, then, chapter after chapter has been inserted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the American War Vol 1 written by Henry Charles Fletcher and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the American War, Vol. 1: First Year of the War (1861-62) Whatever opinion may be formed of this book, the Author can honestly say, that he has endeavoured to write the truth, unbiassed by any leaning to either side. If his greater experience of the Federal Armies and his personal friendship for many of the officers might lead him to an undue sympathy for their cause, it would be counteracted by the admiration he feels for the indomi table spirit shown by the Confederates, evinced both by their gallantry in the field, and by the patience with which they have suffered the hardships and miseries of a war waged on their own soil and attended with peculiar trials. Writing as lie does on events which have oe curred so recently, this narrative will be Open to the criticism of many of the actors in those events, who are in possession of far more precise information than any that the Author could obtain. Should any inac curacies or misstatements be noticed, the Author assures them that they are not the result of any party bias. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The United States at War Vol 1 written by Herman H. B. Meyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The United States at War, Vol. 1: Organizations and Literature The material here brought together has been assembled during a period of transition. As the President expressed it, democracy is on trial, and democracy responded to the first call by proffering its services, as another high official has said, through a perfect welter of organizations. The first task is to give all these organizations a place in the great machine which is to carry on the war. This is being done rapidly through the Council of National Defense. Whatever state ments are made concerning organizations and activities during this period of coordination and rearrangement are subject to instantaneous change. Almost necessarily, therefore, have mis statements and errors crept in, but no pains have been spared to make the statements accurate up to June 1. The time of going to press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book The Fortnightly History of the War Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Arthur Mordaunt Murray and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The "Fortnightly" History of the War, Vol. 1 The following pages are an amplification of a series of articles which have appeared in the Fortnightly Review, month by month, since the beginning of the war, and which have now been collected in volume form, and brought up to date with the necessary amendments. The book is confined to the record of the salient military events which have taken place in this great war of nations, it being left to others to deal with the political circumstances which led up to the rupture of peace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book The Great World War Vol 1 written by Frank A. Mumby and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great World War, Vol. 1: A History In this ungovernable ambition Ger many stands condemned out of the mouths of her own dictators. War, according to General von Bernhardi, who revealed the thoughts and faith of his race with amazing frankness in his several books on the subject, had become for Germany a biological ne cessity of the first importance. War is the father of all things he quoted, and since Germany had to expand or perish, and could only expand at the cost of other nations, she must hack out her destiny by force of arms. Germany's historical mission, accord ing to the same teaching, was nothing less than the ultimate conquest of the globe. It was to be world-power or downfall, and no German brought up on this doctrine had the least doubt as to the issue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book The Coming of the War Vol 1 Classic Reprint written by Bernadotte Everly Schmitt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Coming of the War, Vol. 1 This book deals primarily with the crisis of July, 1914, and the purpose of the first two chapters is merely to analyze the international situation in Europe at the moment when the Arch duke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated. In its preparation an enormous literature representing widely divergent views, both national and personal, has been consulted and considered. But it has usually seemed unnecessary to cite these books, pamphlets and articles, merely to debate an opinion with which the writer disagrees. In general, controversial writings are referred to only when they concern questions of fact. Except for an occasional addition which could be made while the book was in press, no material received later than 1 February, 1930, has been used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.