The Clausewitz Myth - Gat, Azar

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Résumé :
The Clausewitz Myth argues that the strategist's work is largely exaggerated, and misplaced, based on common challenges that readers have experienced while trying to understand his work.

Biographie:
Azar Gat is Ezer Weitzman Professor of National Security in the School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs at Tel Aviv University, which he twice chaired. Born in Israel (1959), he took his BA from Haifa University (1978), MA from Tel Aviv University (1983), and DPhil from the University of Oxford (1986). His War in Human Civilization (Oxford UP, 2006) was named one of the best books of the year by the Times Literary Supplement (TLS). In 2019 Professor Gat was awarded the EMET Prize in the fields of Political Science and Strategy. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel....

Sommaire:
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) is, by far, the most celebrated military theorist, whose prestige has reached new heights. However, this book argues that his reputation has been largely inflated because of the notorious difficulties of understanding his major book, On War (1832). Many of Clausewitz's interpreters, struggling to make sense of his work, have not admitted - to themselves no less than to their readers - that they did not quite figure it out. Hence, &lsquo...