Clausewitz on Small War

Jack S. Levy, Journal of Strategic Studies These translations will facilitate new lines of research on Clausewitz's theory of small war, a more integrated treatment of Clausewitz's larger corpus of work, and more informed analyses of Clausewitz's relevance for the contemporary world.By shedding light on old debates about Clausewitz and by facilitating new lines of research, Clausewitz on Small War makes an enormously important contribution to strategic studies and to the history of military thought.


Simon Taylor, E-International Relations Clausewitz on Small War is a welcome addition to the growing recent scholarship on Clausewitz and will add depth to theoretical and analytical approaches to war and strategic studies, tackling as it does the artificial divide between "big" and "small" wars.

James W. Davis is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Davis holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University and has published in leading journals on questions of international institutions, foreign policy, military strategy and arms control. A former Associate Editor of the European Journal of International Relations, Davis was a Fellow of the John M. Olin Foundation of Harvard University, Associate Professor at the University of Munich and Visiting Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has served as a member of the Bundestag's commission on foreign military deployments and the German Chancellor's Expert Committee on Germany's image abroad.

1. Introduction ; 2. My Lectures on Small War, Held at the Prussian War College in 1810 and 1811 ; 3. Testimonial ( Bekenntnisdenkschrift) ; 4. On the Political Advantages and Disadvantages of the Prussian Institution of the Landwehr ; 5. The Arming of the People ( Volksbewaffnung)