| Edition |
1st Cooper Square Press ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
| Note |
Originally published by Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. in 1971. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
"Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz (1780-1831), Prussian general and military theorist, is most famous for his book On War, a work that has influenced numerous wartime leaders from Lenin to Henry Kissinger. Parkinson's biography of Clausewitz provides detailed examinations of the Napoleonic battles in which he participated and which shaped his theories of warfare. Parkinson describes Clausewitz's first experiences in combat as a twelve-year-old cadet in battles with France along the Rhine. The biography follows Clausewitz during the years of Napoleon's rise, when, disgusted with the Prussian King's refusal to fight, he joined the Russian army and witnessed Napoleon's defeat following the destruction of Moscow and several harrowing months of battle. The book also includes in-depth descriptions of the battles following Napoleon's return, in which Clausewitz put his theories into practice against Napoleon's marshals."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Foreword; One: Apprentice of War; Two: Scharnhorst; Three: The Plaything of Princes; Four: Auerstädt; Five: Prisoner of War; Six: The Prussian Army Reforms; Seven: Hope and Despair; Eight: Clausewitz in Russia; Nine: From Borodino to Moscow; Ten: Tauroggen; Eleven: Eighteen Thirteen; Twelve: Napoleon at Bay; Thirteen: Red Flows Ligny Stream; Fourteen: Waterloo and Wavre; Fifteen: Clausewitz in Berlin; Sixteen: On War; Seventeen: Disillusion and Death; Eighteen: Epilogue; References; Bibliography; Index. |
| Subject |
Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
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Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. (OCoLC)fst00048646
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Clausewitz, Carl von.
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Generals -- Germany -- Prussia -- Biography.
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Military art and science.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
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Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
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Germany -- Prussia.
(OCoLC)fst01225278
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Parkinson, Roger. Clausewitz. 1st Cooper Square Press ed. New York : Cooper Square Press, 2002 0815412339 (DLC) 2002073946 (OCoLC)50192460 |
| ISBN |
9781461664505 (electronic bk.) |
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1461664500 (electronic bk.) |
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