Title: The origins of military thought from the Enlightenment to Clausewitz /
Authors: Gat, Azar.
Date: 1989
Publisher: Clarendon Press ;
Physical description: xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: U
Contents: Montecuccoli: The Impact of Proto-Science on Military Theory -- The Military Tinkers of the French Enlightenment: The Quest for a General Theory of War -- The Military Tinkers of the German Aufklarung -- Through the Napoleonic Age -- The Reaction against the Enlightenment: New Perspectives on Military Theory -- Clausewitz: Demolishing and Rebuilding the Theoretical Ideal -- Clausewitz: The Nature of War --
Notes: Rev. and enl. version of the author's thesis (doctoral), St. Antony's College, Oxford University, 1984. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.; Enlightenment.; Military art and science--Europe--History--18th century.; Military art and science--Europe--History--19th century.; War (Philosophy)--History--18th century.; War (Philosophy)--History--19th century.; War--Philosophy--History--18th century.; War--Philosophy--History--19th century.