Vom Kriege
Berlin: B. Behr's Verlag (Friedrich Feddersen), 1915. Zehnte vermehrte Auflage (tenth revised edition). Hardcover. 4to. xxii, 821pp. Quarter-tan cloth over blind-stamped green paper-covered boards with decorated spine in original printed dust jacket. Frontispiece engraving depicting author and protected by tissue guard. Prussian soldier and military theorist Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz's "Vom Kriege" (On War) was the most notable work on the principles of war in the West. He introduced systematic philosophical contemplation into Western military thinking with powerful implications not only for historical and analytical writing but also for practical policy, military instruction, and operational planning. Clausewitz relied on his own experiences, contemporary writings about Napoleon, and on historical sources. The work was unfinished at the time of his death. Introduction by Graf von Schliessen. Text in German, gothic script. Minor age wear on binding. Hinges starting. Age wear, chipping, creasing, staining and few closed tears on dj. Very minor age toning to outer edges of pages, leaves slightly rippled. Dust jacket in fair, book in overall good+ condition. Scarce in dj. g. Item #33647
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