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On War

By: Carl von Clausewitz
Narrated by: Nadia May
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A Prussian soldier and writer, von Clausewitz is said to have distilled Napoleon into theory. Perhaps best known among his numerous pronouncements is that war is a continuation of politics by other means. His theories and observations included in this work have been heeded by military strategists for nearly 200 years. Most have considered this to be the "Bible" of military strategy and tactics.

This abridged version of Clausewitz's magnum opus follows the text of the New and Revised Edition (edition by F.N. Maude in 1908) of Col. J.J. Graham's translation. Of the original three volumes, this version includes all of Volume I (except for the last chapter on night fighting) and six of the nine chapters of Book Eight of Volume III (The Plan of War). The editor's objective was to select those portions which most closely relate to our own time.

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"What makes On War so timely is that, unlike most military strategists and theoreticians, Clausewitz did not advocate war or recommend specific courses of action, but merely thought to describe war's character and dynamics." (Harper's Magazine)
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so if you are listening to On War it is probably not because you are doing this for fun..it is probably for school. So given that we all know this is mandatory pain....the audio version is much better to work with than falling asleep reading it in book form.

I wish the audio book was broken up in Books and chapters the way it is in hard copy, but other than that I was able to follow and keep up with my class readings.

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I listen in the car, and as much as I like this tome, the terrible audio makes me regret this purchase.

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It was like listening to theories with King James prose narrated by my grandmother. Looking for better translation.

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This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

content is faithful, but the quality of the recording is sub-par. the notes given in the preface were well written and helped give context.

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audio quality is the worst I have found on audible

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The book is good but the audio quality is very bad. Buy a different version with better audio quality.

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