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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Antulio Joseph Echevarria |
ISBN: | 9780199231911 0199231915 |
OCLC Number: | 613467806 |
Notes: | Gesehen am 01.03.2008. |
Description: | Online-Ressource. |
Contents: | Introduction ; I. ON WAR'S PURPOSE AND METHOD ; 1. A Search for Objective Knowledge ; 2. Validating Concepts and Principles ; II. THE NATURE AND UNIVERSE OF WAR ; 3. War is more than a Chameleon ; 4. Policy, Politics, and Political Determinism ; 5. Genius, Giving the Rule to Art ; III. STRATEGY, BALANCING PURPOSE AND MEANS ; 6. Combat, War's Only Means ; 7. Strategic Principles ; 8. Center of Gravity ; Conclusion |
Series Title: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
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Antulio Echevarria is an example of the tradition of military historians who were at once interested in war and strategy; and he can tick the box of the (in this context) indispensible knowledge of German and of the historical understanding of German (especially Prussian) culture in the early nineteenth century. * Beatrice Heuser, RUSI * Echevarria argues that On War is most readily understood once its 'combat-centric' nature is recognized... Clausewitz intended to write a book that would be useful to fighting soldiers... and Echevarria's analysis is basically a demonstration of how On War stacks up once that ambition is taken seriously. * Daniel Moran, Journal of Military History * Antulio Echevarria's Clausewitz and Contemporary War builds on his significant writings on the work and influence of the Prussian theorist... Echevarria has provided one of the more useful contributions to the Clausewitz canon. * Thomas Bruscino, Joint Forces Quarterly * Clausewitz and Contemporary War is a thorough analysis that may be useful not only to the military but also to historians, political scientists, and politicians. * Bruno Colson, War in History * Read more...

