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ENGLISH
This is the 1873 J.J. Graham translation published in London by
N. Trübner.
NOTE ON DISTANCES: Graham's translation tends to be literal, and
he translated Clausewitz's German miles as if they were English miles.
The Prussian mile was 4.6 English miles or 7.4 kilometers, so you need
to plug in this correction factor as you read. Also, Stunden, literally
"hours," was often used to mean a distance of 3.75 kilometers
or 2.4 English miles.
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| INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL |
"Clausewitz
and His Works"
by Christopher Bassford, updated 2002 |
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| NOTICE |
| THE INTRODUCTION
OF THE AUTHOR |
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BOOK
I
ON THE NATURE OF WAR |
| 1. What is War? |
| 2. End and Means in
War |
| 3. The Genius for War |
| 4. Of Danger in War |
| 5. Of Bodily Exertion
in War |
| 6. Information
in War |
| 7. Friction in War |
| 8. Concluding Remarks |
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BOOK II
ON THE THEORY OF WAR
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| 1. Branches of the Art
of War |
| 2. On the Theory of
War |
| 3. Art or Science of
War |
| 4. Methodicism |
| 5. Criticism |
| 6. On Examples |
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BOOK
III
OF STRATEGY IN GENERAL
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| 1. Strategy |
| 2. Elements of Strategy |
| 3. Moral Forces |
| 4. The Chief Moral Powers |
| 5. Military Virtue of
an Army |
| 6. Boldness |
| 7. Perseverance |
| 8. Superiority of Numbers |
| 9. The Surprise |
| 10. Stratagem |
| 11. Assembly of Forces
in Space |
| 12. Assembly of Forces
in Time |
| 13. Strategic Reserve |
| 14. Economy of Forces |
| 15. Geometrical Element |
| 16. On the Suspension
of the Act in War |
| 17. On the Character
of Modern War |
| 18. Tension and Rest |
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BOOK IV
THE
COMBAT
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| 1. Introductory |
| 2. Character of a Modern
Battle |
| 3. The Combat in General |
| 4. The Combat in General
(continuation) |
| 5. On the Signification
of the Combat |
| 6. Duration of Combat |
| 7. Decision of the Combat |
| 8. Mutual Understanding
as to a Battle |
| 9. The Battle |
| 10. Effects of Victory |
| 11. The Use of the Battle |
| 12. Strategic Means
of Utilising Victory |
| 13. Retreat After a
Lost Battle |
| 14. Night Fighting |
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BOOK V
MILITARY FORCES
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| 1. General
Scheme |
| 2. Theatre
of War, Army, Campaign |
| 3. Relation of Power |
| 4. Relation of the Three
Arms |
| 5. Order of Battle of
an Army |
| 6. General Disposition
of an Army |
| 7. Advanced Guard and
Out-Posts |
| 8. Mode of Action of
Advanced Corps |
| 9. Camps |
| 10. Marches |
| 11. Marches (continued) |
| 12. Marches (continued) |
| 13. Cantonments |
| 14. Subsistence |
| 15. Base of Operations |
| 16. Lines of Communication |
| 17. On Country and Ground |
| 18. Command of Ground |
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BOOK VI
DEFENCE
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| 1. Offence
and Defence |
2. The Relations of
the Offensive and Defensive
to Each Other in Tactics |
3. The Relations of
the Offensive and Defensive
to Each Other in Strategy |
| 4. Convergence of Attack
and Divergence of Defence |
| 5. Character of Strategic
Defensive |
| 6. Extent of the Means
of Defence |
| 7. Mutual Action and
Reaction of Attack and Defence |
| 8. Methods of Resistance |
| 9. Defensive Battle |
| 10. Fortresses |
| 11. Fortresses (continuation) |
| 12. Defensive Position |
| 13. Strong Positions
and Entrenched Camps |
| 14. Flank Positions |
| 15. Defence of Mountains |
| 16. Defence of Mountains
(continued) |
| 17. Defence of Mountains
(continued) |
| 18. Defence of Streams
and Rivers |
| 19. Defence
of Streams and Rivers (continued) |
20.A. Defence of Swamps
20.B. Inundations |
| 21. Defence of Forests |
| 22. The Cordon |
| 23. Key of the Country |
| 24. Operating Against
a Flank |
| 25. Retreat into the
Interior of the Country |
| 26. Arming the Nation |
| 27. Defence of a Theatre
of War |
| 28. Defence of a Theatre
of War (continued) |
29. Defence of a Theatre
of War (continued)
Successive Resistance |
30. Defence of a Theatre
of War (continued)
When No Decision is Sought For |
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SKETCHES FOR
BOOK VII
THE
ATTACK
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| 1. The Attack
in Relation to the Defence |
| 2. Nature of the Strategical
Attack |
| 3. Of the Objects of
Strategical Attack |
| 4. Decreasing Force
of the Attack |
| 5. Culminating Point
of the Attack |
| 6. Destruction of the
Enemy’s Armies |
| 7. The Offensive Battle |
| 8. Passage of Rivers |
| 9. Attack of Defensive
Positions |
| 10. Attack of an Entrenched
Camp |
| 11. Attack of a Mountain
Range |
| 12. Attack of Cordon
Lines |
| 13. Maneuvering |
| 14. Attack of Morasses,
Inundations, Woods |
| 15. Attack of a Theatre
of War with the View to a Decision |
| 16. Attack of a Theatre
of War without the View to a Great Decision |
| 17. Attack of Fortresses |
| 18. Attack of Convoys |
| 19. Attack of the Enemy's
Army in its Cantonments |
| 20. Diversion |
| 21. Invasion |
| 22.* On
the Culminating Point of Victory |
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SKETCHES
FOR BOOK VIII
PLAN OF WAR
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| 1. Introduction |
| 2. Absolute and Real
War |
3.A. Interdependence
of the Parts in a War
3.B. Of the Magnitude of the Object
of the War
and the Efforts to be Made |
| 4. Ends in War More
Precisely Defined—Overthrow of the Enemy |
5. Ends
in War More Precisely Defined (continuation)
—Limited Object |
6.A. Influence of
the Political Object on the Military Object
6.B. War as an Instrument of Policy |
| 7. Limited Object—Offensive
War |
| 8. Limited Object—Defence |
9. Plan of War When
the Destruction of
the Enemy is the Object |
