CLAUSEWITZ, Carl von. Vom Kriege. 1832–4. Peter Harrington Rare Books.

Presented by Adam Douglas, Senior Rare Book Specialist at Peter Harrington. First edition. Clausewitz’s works were published posthumously, edited by his widow, and these, the first three volumes of ten, contain the first appearance of Vom Kriege (On War), his dialectical analysis of the function of war in human society. “The book is less a manual of strategy and tactics, although it incorporates the lessons learned from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, than a general enquiry into the interdepe