On Wellington
Subtitle: a critique of Waterloo
By: Carl von Clausewitz ; translated and edited by Peter Hofschröer.
Contributors: Hofschröer, Peter.
Series: Campaigns and commanders -- v. 25
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780806141084
Subjects: Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, -- Duke of, -- 1769-1852 -- Military leadership; Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries; Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives, German; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Belgium -- Waterloo; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Personal narratives, German
Genres: Personal narratives, German
Work titles: Feldzug von 1815 in Frankreich.
Description: "Clausewitz, the Western world's most renown military theorist, participated in the Waterloo campaign as a senior staff officer in the Prussian Army. His appraisal, offered here in an up-to-date and readable translation, criticized the Duke of Wellington's actions. Lord Liverpool sent his translation of the manuscript to Wellington, who pronounced it a 'lying work'. The translated commentary was quickly buried in Wellington's private papers, where it languished for a century and a half. Now published for the first time in English, Hofschr?er brings Clausewitz's critique back into view with thorough annotation and contextual explanation"--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published in German as Der Feldzug von 1815 in Frankreich, as v. 8 in the posthumously published work Hinterlassene Werke des Generals Carl von Clausewitz über Krieg und Kriegführung. Berlin : F. Dümmler, 1832-1837.

Includes bibliographical references and index.