1832 Books (Study Guide) - On War, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Tales of the Alhambra, Chambers Book of Days, 1832 in Literature (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: On War, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, Tales of the Alhambra, Chambers Book of Days, 1832 in Literature, Domestic Manners of the Americans, the Province of Jurisprudence Determined, Our Village, Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Vom Kriege (German pronunciation: ) is a book on war and military strategy by Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, written mostly after the Napoleonic wars, between 1816 and 1830, and published posthumously by his wife in 1832. It has been translated into English several times as On War. On War is actually an unfinished work; Clausewitz had set about revising his accumulated manuscripts in 1827, but did not live to finish the task. His wife eventually compiled his work, leaving out his later revisions, and finishing the final two chapters either herself or with assistance from an unknown government official. Clausewitz integrates politics and social and economic issues as some of the most important factors in deciding the outcomes of a war. It is one of the most important treatises on strategy ever written, and is prescribed at various military academies to this day. Carl von Clausewitz was a Prussian officer among those baffled by how the armies of the French Revolution and Napoleon had changed the nature of war through their ability to motivate the populace and thus unleash war on a greater scale than had previously been the case in Europe. Clausewitz was well educated and had a strong interest in art, science, and education, but he was a professional soldier who spent a considerable part of his life fighting against Napoleon. There is no doubt that the insights he gained from his experiences, combined with a solid grasp o...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2280