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The Battle of Waterloo has been studied and dissected so extensively that one might assume little more on the subject could be discovered. Now historian Peter Hofschrer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War.Clausewitz, the Western world's most renowned 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, Hofschrer brings Clausewitz's critique back into view with thorough annotation and contextual explanation. Peter Hofschrer, long recognized as a leading scholar of the Napoleonic Wars, shows how the Duke prevented the account's publication during his lifetime - a manipulation of history so successful that almost two centuries passed before Clausewitz's work reemerged, finally permitting a reappraisal of key events in the campaign. In addition to translating and annotating Clausewitz's critique, Hofschrer also includes an order of battle and an extensive bibliography.
- Format: Inbunden
- ISBN: 9780806141084
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 272
- Utgivningsdatum: 2010-05-30
- Översättare: Peter Hofschroer
- Förlag: University of Oklahoma Press