Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century 1st Edition

by Hew Strachan (Editor), Andreas Herberg-Rothe (Editor)

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Clausewitz's On War has, at least until very recently, been regarded as the most important work of theory on its subject. But since the end of the Cold War in 1990, and even more since the 9/11 attacks on the United states in 2001, an increasing number of commentators have argued that On War
has lost its analytical edge as a tool for understanding war. They have argued that Clausewitz was concerned solely with inter-state war and with properly defined armies, and that the sorts of conflicts which he discussed are therefore part of a historical pattern which dominated Europe between
1648, the end of the Thirty Years War, and 1990 itself. Some have gone further, and suggested that Clausewitz's best known aphorism, that war is a continuation of policy by other means, is not only irrelevant today but also inapplicable historically. Clausewitz in the Twenty-First Century
reconsiders the principal themes in Clausewitz's writings from a contemporary perspective, and finds in them much more inspiration and insight than these generalisations allow. Embracing the perspectives of history, philosophy and political science, the book reconsiders both the text and its
current implications. Traditional interpretations of On War are put into fresh light; neglected passages are re-examined; and new insights are derived from the conjunction between Clausewitz's text and today's challenges.

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`A closer reading of Clausewitz gives rise to the following implications for warfare in the 21st century. First, the war on terror, as with all wars, is irreversibly political in nature, and requires a decidedly political approach. (...) Second, globalization intensifies the role of politics, and indeed reduces reaction time within all three elements of Clausewitz's wondrous trinity, which is quite different from so called trinitarian war and which is Clausewitz's true legacy. Third, policys subordinating influence over warfare suggests that the overarching political goal for grand strategy in the 21st century should be the containment of violence, with the intent to diminish armed conflict as precondition for establishing democracies.' worldsecurity network

About the Author

Hew Strachan is Chichele Professor of the History of War at Oxford University.

Andreas Herberg-Rothe is a Private Lecturer at the Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin.

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Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (December 12, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 319 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199232024
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199232024
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.45 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.45 x 6.49 x 0.99 inches

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J. Czarnecki

Illuminations of an enduring theory

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2007

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Hew Strachan and Andreas Herberg-Rothe have produced an important - no, an essential - volume of articles that illuminate and explore the core ideas of Carl von Clausewitz. The results of an Oxford Conference on Clausewitz in 2006, the articles both engage current thinking on Clausewitzian theory and open up new areas of relevance of that theory and philosophy. This book is the single most important collection of essays on the subject since Michael Handel produced his volume of essays in 1986. The subject matter discussed ranges from the well-traveled (Clausewitzian ideas of war and politics) to the mostly ignored (the ideas of Defense, the long-overlooked Book VI of "On War.") The book is for serious students and researchers on war, not the bloggers and b.s. artists who cut and paste others' ideas and express them out of context.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020

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Required reading.

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prakash menon

... for delightful insights on the enduring relevance of the great man.

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2014

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Dont hesitate- Read it for delightful insights on the enduring relevance of the great man.

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