On WarPrinceton University Press, 1984 - 732 síður The most authoritative and feature-rich edition of On War in English |
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BOOK | 4 |
On the Theory of | 12 |
The Influence of Clausewitz | 27 |
BOOK FOUR The Engagement | 29 |
The Continuing Relevance of On | 45 |
Authors Preface | 61 |
Two Notes by the Author | 69 |
What is War? | 75 |
Billets | 325 |
Maintenance and Supply | 330 |
Base of Operations | 341 |
Lines of Communication | 345 |
Terrain | 348 |
The Command of Heights | 352 |
BOOK SIX Defense | 355 |
Attack and Defense | 357 |
Purpose and Means in War | 90 |
On Military Genius | 100 |
On Danger in War | 113 |
Friction in War | 119 |
Classifications of the Art of War | 127 |
On the Theory of War | 133 |
Art of War or Science of War | 148 |
Method and Routine | 151 |
Critical Analysis | 156 |
On Historical Examples | 170 |
BOOK THREE On Strategy in General | 175 |
Strategy | 177 |
Elements of Strategy | 183 |
Moral Factors | 184 |
The Principal Moral Elements | 186 |
Military Virtues of the Army | 187 |
Boldness | 190 |
Perseverance | 193 |
Superiority of Numbers | 194 |
Surprise | 198 |
Cunning | 202 |
Concentration of Forces in Space | 204 |
Unification of Forces in Time | 205 |
The Strategic Reserve | 210 |
Economy of Force | 213 |
The Geometrical Factor | 214 |
The Suspension of Action in War | 216 |
The Character of Contemporary Warfare | 220 |
Tension and Rest | 221 |
Introduction | 225 |
The Nature of Battle Today | 226 |
The Engagement in General | 227 |
The Engagement in GeneralContinued | 230 |
The Significance of the Engagement | 236 |
Duration of the Engagement | 238 |
Decision of the Engagement | 240 |
Mutual Agreement to Fight | 245 |
Its Decision | 248 |
The Effects of Victory | 253 |
The Use of Battle | 258 |
Strategic Means of Exploiting Victory | 263 |
Retreat after a Lost Battle | 271 |
Night Operations | 273 |
BOOK FIVE Military Forces | 277 |
General Survey | 279 |
The Army the Theater of Operations the Campaign | 280 |
Relative Strength | 282 |
Relationship between the Branches of the Service | 285 |
The Armys Order of Battle | 292 |
General Disposition of the Army | 297 |
Advance Guard and Outposts | 302 |
Operational Use of Advanced Corps | 308 |
Camps | 312 |
Marches | 314 |
MarchesContinued | 319 |
MarchesConcluded | 322 |
The Relationship between Attack and Defense in Tactics | 360 |
The Relationship between Attack and Defense in Strategy | 363 |
Convergence of Attack and Divergence of Defense | 367 |
The Character of Strategic Defense | 370 |
Scope of the Means of Defense | 372 |
Interaction between Attack and Defense | 377 |
Types of Resistance | 379 |
The Defensive Battle | 390 |
Fortresses | 393 |
FortressesContinued | 400 |
Defensive Positions | 404 |
Fortified Positions and Entrenched Camps | 409 |
Flank Positions | 415 |
Defensive Mountain Warfare | 417 |
Defensive Mountain WarfareContinued | 423 |
Defensive Mountain WarfareConcluded | 429 |
Defense of Rivers and Streams | 433 |
Defense of Rivers and StreamsContinued | 445 |
A Defense of Swamps | 447 |
B Inundations | 449 |
Defense of Forests | 452 |
The Cordon | 453 |
The Key to the Country | 456 |
Operations on a Flank | 460 |
Retreat to the Interior of the Country | 469 |
The People in Arms | 479 |
Defense of a Theater of Operations | 484 |
Defense of a Theater of OperationsContinued | 488 |
Phased Resistance | 499 |
Where a Decision Is Not the Objective | 501 |
BOOK SEVEN The Attack | 521 |
Attack in Relation to Defense | 523 |
The Nature of Strategic Attack | 524 |
The Object of the Strategic Attack | 526 |
The Diminishing Force of the Attack | 527 |
The Culminating Point of the Attack | 528 |
Destruction of the Enemys Forces | 529 |
The Offensive Battle | 530 |
River Crossings | 532 |
Attack on Defensive Positions | 535 |
Attack on Entrenched Camps | 536 |
Attack on a Mountainous Area | 537 |
Attack on Cordons | 540 |
Maneuver | 541 |
Attacks on Swamps Flooded Areas and Forests | 543 |
Seeking a Decision | 545 |
Attack on Fortresses | 551 |
Attack on an Enemy Army in Billets | 557 |
Invasion | 565 |
Introduction | 577 |
B Scale of the Military Objective and of the Effort To Be Made | 585 |
viii | 588 |
Offensive War | 611 |
The Plan of a War designed to Lead to the Total | 617 |
A Guide to the Reading of On | 641 |
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