On War, Vol 1
Book Excerpt: ...st his country."It is because this sequence of cause and effect is absolutely unknown to our Members of Parliament, elected by popular representation, that all our efforts to ensure a lasting peace by securing efficiency with economy in our National Defences have been rendered nugatory.This estimate of the influence of Clausewitz's sentiments on contemporary thought in Continental Europe may appear exaggerated to those who have not familiarised themselves with M. Gustav de Bon's exposition of the laws governing the formation and conduct of crowds I do not wish for one minute to be understood as asserting that Clausewitz has been conscientiously studied and understood in any Army, not even in the Prussian, but his work has been the ultimate foundation on which every drill regulation in Europe, except our own, has been reared. It is this ceaseless repetition of his fundamental ideas to which one-half of the male population of every Continental Nation has been subjected for two to three years of their li..
Reviews
Jim Hagan@aranyalma
Bumped up to 4 stars for excellent intro and notes by Anatol Rapoport.
Mariel Adrianna de la Garza@marieldelagarza
Put together as a series of books, the first is most important and most elucidating. The remainder of the book is interesting for historical purposes but is largely strategy and tactics most relevant to the time period. A must read for students of warfare and/or strategy, of any kind.
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