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Carl von Clausewitz

Born

in Burg bei Magdeburg, Prussia

July 01, 1780

Died

November 16, 1831

Website

http://www.clausewitz.com/

Genre

History, Military

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Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz was a Prussian soldier, military historian and military theorist. He is most famous for his military treatise Vom Kriege, translated into English as On War.

Clausewitz has served in the Rhine campaign (1793–1794), when the Prussian army invaded France during the French revolution and in the Napoleonic Wars from 1806 to 1815.

Clausewitz helped negotiate the Convention of Tauroggen where Russia, Prussia and the United Kingdom formed an coalition that later defeated Napoleon Bonaparte.

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	On War 3.96 avg rating — 14,813 ratings — published 1832 — 463 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of War 3.98 avg rating — 321 ratings — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On War - Volume 1 3.86 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1832 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Nature of War 3.43 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 1832	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Russian Campaign of 1812 3.95 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1843 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Carl Von Clausewitz on War by Carl von Clausewitz, Anatol Rapoport (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 52 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War, Politics, and Power: Selections from On War, and I Believe and Profess by Carl von Clausewitz, Edward M. Collins (Translator), Harry G. Summers Jr. (Contributor) 3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1962 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Waterloo: Clausewitz, Wellington, and the Campaign of 1815 by Carl von Clausewitz, Arthur Wellesley, Daniel Moran (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Wellington: A Critique of Waterloo (Volume 25) (Campaigns and Commanders Series) by Carl von Clausewitz, Peter Hofschröer (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign by Carl von Clausewitz, Nicholas Murray (Translator), Christopher Pringle (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.”
― Prussian General Karl von Clausewitz, Vom Kriege, 1832

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“If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.”
― Carl Von Clausewitz, On War: Volume 1

tags: darkest-hour, intellect, light, the-way, truth

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“War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War

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