On War
Carl, Von Clausewitz, "On War"
Publisher: Penguin Classics; Abridged edition | 2007 | ISBN 9562915883 | PDF | 201 pages | 1.1 MB
Written two centuries ago by a Prussian military thinker, this is the most frequently cited, the most controversial, and in many ways, the most modern book on warfare. In this work, Clausewitz examines moral and psychological aspects of warfare, stressing the necessity of courage, audacity, and self-sacrifice, as well as the importance of public opinion.
TRANSLATED BY COLONEL J.J. GRAHAM, 1874 was 1st edition of this translation. 1909 was the London reprinting.