Vom Kriege (illustriert)

Von Carl von Clausewitz

Vom Kriege ist ein Buch über Krieg und militärische Strategie des preußischen Generals Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), das hauptsächlich nach den napoleonischen Kriegen, zwischen 1816 und 1830, geschrieben und 1832 posthum von seiner Frau Marie von Brühl veröffentlicht wurde. Clausewitz hatte sich 1827 daran gemacht, seine gesammelten Manuskripte zu überarbeiten, vollendete diese Aufgabe aber nicht mehr. Seine Frau bearbeitete seine gesammelten Werke und veröffentlichte sie zwischen 1832 und 1835.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Pretorian Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25. Feb. 2021
• ISBN: 9791220268714

Carl von Clausewitz

Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian military officer and military theorist. Born to a family of nobles from Upper Silesia, Clausewitz followed his father’s footsteps by entering military service as a lance-corporal at a young age. He served in several major conflicts throughout his life, including the Rhine Campaigns and the Napoleonic Wars, and eventually reached the rank of general. In 1801, he went to Berlin to enter the Kriegsakademie, where he studied philosophy and the history and tactics of warfare, research which would lead to his work On War (1832), a treatise on the moral, political, and social aspects of warfare. In 1810, he married the aristocrat and socialite Countess Marie von Brühl, a highly educated and driven woman who would oversee the posthumous publication of his most important work, On War, editing Clausewitz’s manuscript and writing the introduction. Clausewitz was a decorated and ambitious soldier and leader, serving both the Prussian and Imperial Russian Armies in campaigns throughout Europe, as well as spearheading efforts to contain the cholera outbreak that would eventually take his life. His theory of war is still studied by scholars and military officials today, and is noted for its philosophical outlook and definition of war as an extension of political policy.