Clausewitz and the State:
The Man, His Theories, and His Times
Peter Paret

With a new preface by the author

Paper | 2007 | $31.95 / £21.95 | ISBN: 9780691131306
498 pp. | 6 x 9 | 5 halftones.

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Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of one of the significant thinkers of modern Europe. Peter Paret combines social and military history and psychological interpretation with a study of Clausewitz's military theories and of his unduly neglected historical and political writing.

This timely new edition includes a preface which allows Paret to recount the past thirty years of discussion on Clausewitz and respond to critics. A companion volume to Clausewitz's On War, this book is indispensable to anyone interested in Clausewitz and his theories, and their proper historical context.

Review:

Praise for the original edition: "A rich, precise biography . . . that definitely fills a gap in the literature."--Raymond Aron, Annales

Praise for the original edition: "A major scholarly achievement."--T.C.W. Blanning, English Historical Review

Other Princeton books authored or coauthored by Peter Paret:

• The Cognitive Challenge of War: Prussia 1806.
• Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age.
• On Victory and Defeat: From On War.
• On War.
• Understanding War: Essays on Clausewitz and the History of Military Power.

Subject Areas:

• European History
• Political Science and International Relations

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