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In this edition, originally published in 1983, the late Professor Raymond Aron, one of France's most distinguished social scientists, presented a major re-evaluation of Carl von Clausewitz, 'the genius of war'. He sees in Clausewitz a political philosopher of major importance, whose impact and significance permeate many facets of modern society. Yet Clausewitz's reputation was entirely posthumous, for his great work, On War, was published after his death, and in his lifetime he achieved only a limited reputation as a military thinker and planner. Even today he is more often quoted than closely read. Aron begins by elucidating the complexity of Clausewitz's thought and by describing his main ideas. He gives an account of the successive phases in the development of On War, and traces the different interpretations of Clausewitz's doctrine in Germany, in France and in Soviet Russia. Finally, Aron analyses many aspects of the present world using the concepts of Clausewitz, and is therefore able to examine such modern phenomena as the theory of the nuclear deterrent and 'total war' in Clausewitzian terms. This is a book of piercing insights by a writer of world-wide reputation, who used the Clausewitz world-view as a means of political analysis. It is thus still of great importance and interest to contemporary historians and to all who are concerned with military and political affairs.… (altro)
In this edition, originally published in 1983, the late Professor Raymond Aron, one of France's most distinguished social scientists, presented a major re-evaluation of Carl von Clausewitz, 'the genius of war'. He sees in Clausewitz a political philosopher of major importance, whose impact and significance permeate many facets of modern society. Yet Clausewitz's reputation was entirely posthumous, for his great work, On War, was published after his death, and in his lifetime he achieved only a limited reputation as a military thinker and planner. Even today he is more often quoted than closely read. Aron begins by elucidating the complexity of Clausewitz's thought and by describing his main ideas. He gives an account of the successive phases in the development of On War, and traces the different interpretations of Clausewitz's doctrine in Germany, in France and in Soviet Russia. Finally, Aron analyses many aspects of the present world using the concepts of Clausewitz, and is therefore able to examine such modern phenomena as the theory of the nuclear deterrent and 'total war' in Clausewitzian terms. This is a book of piercing insights by a writer of world-wide reputation, who used the Clausewitz world-view as a means of political analysis. It is thus still of great importance and interest to contemporary historians and to all who are concerned with military and political affairs.
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Figura mitica, osannata o deprecata a seconda delle prospettive, tanto più spesso citata quanto meno conosciuta, Carlo von Clausewitz, generale prussiano vissuto dal 1780 al 1831, è l'autore di un mirabile trattato di teoria e strategia militare che sfida ancor oggi il tempo. Considerato il capostipite intellettuale di generazioni di temutissimi generali germanici, da Schamhorst a Moltke, da Ludendorff a Rommel, ma letto e ammirato anche da Lenin e Mao, è toccato a uno scrittore francese come Aron, ebreo e combattente per la libertà 'riabilitarlo', ricostituendo il senso compiuto della sua opera. In questo volume, scritto con la prosa agile del conferenziere, il lettore potrà trovare una sintesi brillante delle riflessioni di Aron sul 'Vom Kriege' insieme ad altri, non secondari, motivi di interesse. L'uomo Clausewitz, ardente patriota e ammiratore di Federico il Grande, che combatté appassionatamente Napoleone e insieme lo elesse suo condottiero ideale, il nucleo del suo pensiero politico strategico e la subordinazione della guerra di annientamento al primato della politica, le riflessioni personali di Aron sui conflitti del XX secolo (dalla guerra arabo-israeliana alla strategia nucleare) alla luce dell'insegnamento di Clausewitz.