Published by Princeton University Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 0691056579 ISBN 13: 9780691056579
Language: English
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Octavo. xii, 732 pp. Custom binding. Handsomely bound in quarter maroon leather over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers, gilt ruled, raised bands. Fine binding and cover. Clean and unmarked pages. On War is the most significant attempt in Western history to understand war, both in its internal dynamics and as an instrument of policy. Since its first appearance in 1832, it has been read throughout the world, and has stimulated generations of soldiers, statesmen, and intellectuals. A wonderful addition for the military scholar or the armchair general.