Book description
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have
transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have
inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened,
outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and
destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers,
pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and
helped make us who we are. Carl Phillip Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von
Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian soldier and intellectual. His
writings and book "On War," expounded the philosophy of war
and had enormous effect on military strategy, and remain essential
reading for all interested in military history and national security.
