Tal leitura privilegia os aspectos decorrentes do entendimento. This is an essay which has been submitted as requirement for the international security course. Clausewitz did for the lifehistory of nations nearly half a century before him, for both have proved the existence of the same law in each case, viz. Since the works first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. Clausewitz, o realismo estrutural e a paz democratica. Clausewitzs work was highly influenced by the enlightenment and sought to examine warfare as a rational tool for political policy. International law and custom softly limit the use of force. Force is the means of war and its aim is to compose ones will to the enemy in order to render the enemy powerless. Topics war guerra teoria daguerra collection opensource language portuguese. In guerra, secondo clausewitz, tutto e finalizzato. His response was to write a comprehensive text covering every aspect of warfare. Before clausewitz left prussia in 1812 to join the russian army and resist napoleon, he prepared an essay on war to leave with the sixteen yearold prussian crown prince friedrich wilhelm later king friedrich wilhelm iv, r. I leave it up to the reader as to whether the clausewitzian concept of cohesion is the unifying concept.
Concerned with the political and military aspect, like niccolo machiavelli 14691527, clausewitz was addressing the concept of war as pertaining to a nation state or a political entity. War, however, is not the action of a living force upon a lifeless mass total nonresistance would be no war at all but always the collision of two living forces, the ultimate aim of waging war, as formulated here, must be taken as applying to both sides. Concerned with the political and military aspect, like niccolo machiavelli 14691527, clausewitz was addressing the concept of war as pertaining to a. It discusses clausewitz theory on war, and try to explore if it is still relevant to the new wars like what so called the war on. Since the works first appearance in 1832, it has been read.
A thesis submitted for the degree of phd at the university of. Clausewitzs seminal work, on war, may not be easy to read, but it is also not as. Langdorf, md, mhpe, editorinchief university of california, irvine. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Feb 26, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will. My purpose here is to reintroduce a new clausewitzian concept which was first published on the dni website in may 2008 as my clausewitz on cohesion. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This paper was the second part of a twopart critique of current trends in strategic theory. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. On war is the most significant attempt in western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. On war is perhaps the greatest book ever written about war.
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