Carl Von Clausewitz’s On War
This is the latest title in our Books that Shook the World series, and is an in-depth analysis
of Carl von Clausewitz’s classic book On War, which was first published in Germany after
the Napoleonic Wars,and is one of the most significant treatises on military strategy ever
written. Hew Strachan’s biography of On War challenges the popular misconceptions that
surround the classic work, and dispels the notion that for Clausewitz, policy necessarily
shaped war. It asserts that war has its own dynamic and that its reciprocal effects can
themselves shape policy. Strachan who is a Chichele Professor of History of War at the
Oxford University, analyses the core of On War and challenges the perceived wisdom about
this cornerstone of military strategy.