On war / Carl von Clausewitz ; trad. ed. Michael Eliot Howard , trad. ed. Peter Paret.

Incluye: Bibliografía e Index.

Editors Note.

Note for the 1984 Edition.

INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS: The Genesis of On War (Peter Paret) // The Influence of Clausewitz (Michael Howard) // The Continuing Relevance of on War (Bernard Brodie).

ON WAR: Author`s Preface // Author`s Comment // Preface (Marie von Clausewitz) // Two Notes by the Author.

BOOK ONE: ON THE NATURE OF WAR: 1.What is War? // 2.Purpose and Means in War // 3.On Military Genius // 4.On Danger in War // 5.On Physical Effort in War // 6.Intelligence in War // 7.Friction in War // 8.Concluding Observations on Book One.

BOOK TWO: ON THE THEORY OF WAR: 1.Classifications of the Art of War // 2.On the Theory of War // 3.Art of War or Science of War // 4.Method and Routine // 5.Critical Analysis // 6.On Historical Examples.

BOOK THREE: ON STRATEGY IN GENERAL: 1.Strategy // 2.Elements of Strategy // 3.Moral Factors // 4.The principal Moral Elements // 5.Military Virtues of the Army // 6.Boldness // 7.Perseverance // 8.Superiority of Numbers // 9.Surprise // 10.Cunning // 11.Concentration of Forces in Space // 12.Unification of Forces in Time // 13.The Strategic Reserve // 14.Economy of Force // 15.The Geometrical Factor // 16.The Suspension of Action in War // 17.The Character of Contemporary Warfare // 18.Tension and Rest.

BOOK FOUR: THE ENGAGEMENT: 1.Introduction // 2.The Nature of Battle Today // 3.The Engagement in General // 4.The Engagement in General-Continued // 5.The Significance of the Engagement // 6.Duration of the Engagement // 7.Decision of the Engagement // 8.Mutual Agreement to Fight // 9.The battle: its Decision // 10.The Battle-Continued: The Effects of Victory //11.The Battle Continued: The Use of Battle // 12.Strategic Means of Exploiting Victory // 13.Retreat after a Lost Battle // 14.Nigth Operations.

BOOK FIVE: MILITARY FORCES: 1.General Survey // 2.The Army, the Theater of Operations, the Campaign // 3.Relative Strength // 4.Relationship between the Branches of the Service // 5.The Army`s Order of Battle // 6.General Disposition of the Army // 7.Advence Guard and Outposts // 8.Operational Use of Advanced Corps // 9.Camps // 10.Marches // 11.Marches-Continued // 12.Marches-Concluded // 13.Billets // 14.Maintenance and Supply // 15.Base of Operations 16.lines of Communication // 17.Terrain // 18.The Command of Heigths.

BOOK SIX: DEFENSE: 1.Attack and Defense // 2.The Relationship between Attack and Defense in Tactics // 3.The Relationship between Attack and Defense in Strategy // 4.Convergence of Attack an Divergence of Defense // 5.The Character of Strategic Defense // 6.Scope of the Means of Defense // 7.Interaction between Attack and Defense // 8.Types of Resistance // 9.The Defensive Battle // 10.Fortresses // 11.Fortresses-Continued // 12.Defensive Positions // 13.Fortified Positions and Entrenched Camps // 14.Flank Positions // 15.Defensive Mountain Warfare //16.Defensive Mountain Warfare-Continued // 17.Defensive Mountain Warfare-Concluded // 18.Defense of Rivers and Streams // 19.Defense of Rivers and Streams-Continued // 20.A-Defense of Swamps, B-Inundations // 21.Defense of Forests // 22.The Cordon // 23.The Key to the Country // 24.Operations on a Flank // 25.Retreat to the Interior of the Country // 26.The People in Arms // 27.Defense of a Theater of Operations // 28.Defense of a Theater of Operations-Continued // 29.Defense of a Theater of Operations-Continued: Phased Resistance // 30.Defense of a Theater of Operations-Concluded: Where a Decision Is Not the Objective.

BOOK SEVEN: THE ATTACK: 1.Attack in Relation to Defense // 2.The Nature of Strategic Attack // 3.The Object of the Strategic Attack // 4.The Diminishing Force of the Attack // 5.The Culminating Point of the Attack // 6.Destruction of the Enemy`s Forces // 7.The Offensive Battle // 8.River Crossing // 9.Attack on Defensive Positions // 10.Attack on Entrenched Camps // 11.Attack on a Mountainous Area // 12.Attack on Cordons // 13.Maneuver // 14.Attacks on Swamps, Flooded Areas, and Forests // 15.Attack on a Theater of War: Seeking a Decision // 16.Attack on a Theater of War: Not Seeking a Decision // 17.Attack on Fortresses // 18.Attack on Convoys // 19.Attack on an Enemy Army in Billets // 20.Diversions // 21.Invasion // 22.The Culminating Point of Victory.

BOOK EIGTH: WAR PLANS: 1.Introduction // 2.Absolute War and Real War // 3.A-Interdependence of the Elements of War, B-Scale of the Military Objective and of the Effort To Be Made // 4.Closer Definition of the military Objective: The Defeat of the Enemy // 5.Closer Definition of the Military Objective-Continued: Limited Aims // 6.A-The Effect of the Political Aim on the military Objective, B-War Is an Instrument of Policy // 7.The Limited Aim: Offensive War // 8.The Limited Aim: Defensive War // 9.The Plan of a War designed to Lead to the Total Defeat of the Enemy.

A COMMENTARY A Guide to the Reading of On War (Bernard Brodie) // Index (Rosalie West).

On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to undertand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since the work`s first appearance in 1832 it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals from Marx and Bismarck to Raymond Aron.