On Wellington
a critique of Waterloo
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Contributions
- Hofschröer, Peter. - Contributor
Publication
2010 - University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma
Language
English
Word Count
65,000 words, Guess
Page Count
260 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100806141085
- ISBN-139780806141084
- Library of Congress Control Number2010000530
- OCLC Control Number475453995
- Better World Books9780806141084
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24080005M
Classifications
- DDC940.2/742
- LCCDC241.5 .C53 2010
- LCCDC241.5.C53 2010
Description
Clausewitz's original book, *Der Feldzug von 1815 in Frankreich*, is vol.8 of his collected works. Although the Duke of Wellington wrote a famous reply to it in 1842, it had never been published in English. In 2010, two translations appeared. The first was Carl von Clausewitz and Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, *On Waterloo: Clausewitz, Wellington, and the Campaign of 1815*, ed./trans. Christopher Bassford, Daniel Moran, and Gregory W. Pedlow (Clausewitz.com, 2010). This book is built around a full, modern translation of Clausewitz's campaign study and includes Wellington's reply, additional materials from Clausewitz and Wellington's circle, and essays by the editors (all recognized scholars in the field). The second was Carl von Clausewitz, *On Wellington: A Critique of Waterloo*, ed. Peter Hofschröer, ed. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press), which contains only Clausewitz's campaign study and Hofschröer's own introduction.
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.
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- Personal narratives, German
Series Statement
- Campaigns and commanders -- v. 25
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- On Wellington: a critique of Waterloo
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