On War (Penguin Classics)
by Carl von Clausewitz
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Author: Carl von ClausewitzTranslator: J. J. Graham
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1982-11-18
ISBN: 0140444270
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: A Classic, but....read Sun Tzu also!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book, above all, justifies itself for its dictum about war baing the continuation of politics by other means. However, many of its readers have failed to understand, dialetically, that politics is the continuation of war by other means, and that therefore there is a dialectical unity between war and politics which precludes the idea of war as annihilation of the enemy. That was an error never commited by Sun Tzu, who regarded supreme skill as subduing the enemy without having to fight, a lesson not learned by many that chose to cling to Clausewitz's book, with his Machiavellian idea of war as a purely zero-sun-game. The tranlation is good, although a little Edwardian - and therefore, heavy. Highly recommended, if read conjointly with Sun Tzu's _Art of War_
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