Main entry:

Gat, Azar.

Title & Author:

The origins of military thought : from the Enlightenment to Clausewitz / Azar Gat.

Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

Description:

xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Oxford historical monographs

Notes:
Rev. and enl. version of the author's thesis (doctoral), St. Antony's College, Oxford University, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references.
Montecuccoli: The Impact of Proto-Science on Military Theory -- The Military Tinkers of the French Enlightenment: The Quest for a General Theory of War -- The Military Tinkers of the German Aufklarung -- Through the Napoleonic Age -- The Reaction against the Enlightenment: New Perspectives on Military Theory -- Clausewitz: Demolishing and Rebuilding the Theoretical Ideal -- Clausewitz: The Nature of War.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198229488
9780198229483

Subject:

Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831.
Fremder Feind
Military art and science Europe History 18th century.
Military art and science Europe History 19th century.
War (Philosophy) History 18th century.
War (Philosophy) History 19th century.
Enlightenment.
War History.
Art et science militaires Europe Histoire 18e siècle.
Art et science militaires Europe Histoire 19e siècle.
Guerre (Philosophie) Histoire 18e siècle.
Guerre (Philosophie) Histoire 19e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
Military art and science.
War (Philosophy)
Militärwissenschaft
Theorie
Krieg
Military art and science History 18th century.
Military art and science History 19th century.
Military art and science Philosophy.
War (Philosophy) History.
Europe.
Warfare Theories, history

Form/genre:

Theses.
History.

Added entries:

Oxford historical monographs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50750
Call No.: ID:89-B9644
Status: Available