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 Hofschr???er brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War. Hofschr???er, 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 ...
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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 Hofschr???er brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of On War. Hofschr???er, 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.
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New. Print on demand Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 260 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Campaigns and Commanders, 25.
