On War

xii, 717 pp. 8vo. Edited and translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, with introductory essays by both editors, as well as Bernard Brodie, who also provides a commentary. Based on the 1832 German edition and Werner Hahlweg's 1952 annotations. Combining military theory and raw accounts of its practice, Carl von Clausewitz's treatise "On War" has had a profound influence on subsequent thinking on warfare. It is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work's first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals.