Clausewitz and the State
The Man, His Theories, and His Times
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2018
496 pages
978-0-691-18656-6 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. Peter Paret combines social and military history and psychological interpretation with a study of Clausewitz's military theories and of his unduly neglected historical and political writing.
This timely new edition includes a preface which allows Paret to recount the past thirty years of discussion on Clausewitz and respond to critics. A companion volume to Clausewitz's On War, this book is indispensable to anyone interested in Clausewitz and his theories, and their proper historical context.
This timely new edition includes a preface which allows Paret to recount the past thirty years of discussion on Clausewitz and respond to critics. A companion volume to Clausewitz's On War, this book is indispensable to anyone interested in Clausewitz and his theories, and their proper historical context.
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Princeton University Press
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Peter Paret is Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies of the Institute for Advanced Study. He is the author of many books and coeditor of Clausewitz's On War (Princeton).
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface to the 2007 Edition
- Addendum to the Bibliography
- Introduction
- Part I
- 1 Clausewitz's Prussia
- 2 The French Revolution
- 3 Garrison Life and the Perfectibility of Man
- 4 Scharnhorst's Mediation between Old and New
- 5 Early Writings
- 6 The Collapse of the Frederician State
- Part II
- 7 Captivity and the Ideal of German Liberty
- 8 The Years of Reform
- i. The Military Reformers
- ii. Studies in Policy and Theory
- iii. Fichte, Machiavelli, Pestalozzi
- iv. The Logic of Patriotism
- 9 Napoleon's Destruction
- 10 The Restoration
- i. Coblenz
- ii. Knowledge and Personality
- iii. Political Writings
- iv. Berlin
- 11 The Major Historical and Theoretical Works
- i. Introduction
- ii. History
- iii. Theory
- iv. "What is War?
- 12 The Last Year
- i. The Revolutions of 1830
- ii. Observer on the Frontier
- Beyond the Nation State
- A Note on Sources
- Manuscripts, Books, and Articles Cited
- Name Index
- Index of Clausewitz's Writings
