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On War

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The unfinished masterwork of Prussian military thought: war as the continuation of politics, friction, the fog of war, the culminating point of victory. Our edition presents Books I–III and VIII, the parts Clausewitz himself considered finished, in full.

Translated by J. J. Graham (1873). Introduced by the War Philosophy editors.

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Series: The Prussian school
Edition: War Philosophy, 2026

About this edition

J. J. Graham’s 1873 translation, edited for modern spelling, with Clausewitz’s own prefatory note and a reading guide to the complete eight books.

What’s inside

Books I–III and VIII complete
Reading guide to the whole work
Glossary of terms

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Bone cover, ink lettering, printed to order.

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EPUB and PDF, delivered to your account at once.

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MP3 chapters in your account.

About the author

Carl von Clausewitz

1780–1831 · Burg bei Magdeburg, Prussia

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), a Prussian general who fought Napoleon from Jena to Waterloo, spent his last decade directing the Berlin war college and writing On War, published by his widow Marie after his death.

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