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War as Paradox: Clausewitz and Hegel on Fighting Doctrines and Ethics (McGill-Queen’s Studies in the Hist of Id) (Volume 67) - Hardcover
Synopsis
Two centuries after Carl von Clausewitz wrote On War, it lines the shelves of military colleges around the world and even showed up in an Al Qaeda hideout. Though it has shaped much of the common parlance on the subject, On War is perceived by many as a ?metaphysical fog,? widely known but hardly read. In War as Paradox, Youri Cormier lifts the fog on this iconic work by...
About the Author
Youri Cormier is a lecturer/assistant professor (contractual) at the Royal Military Colleges of Canada.
Review
?Cormier ably defends an interesting and provocative thesis challenging the received wisdom that Kant and especially Hegel had little or no important impact on Clausewitz. Not only does the text include detailed scholarship on Clausewitz, but Cormier also extends his thesis to the domains of communist and anarchist appropriations of Clausewitz and Hegel. It concludes with an informative and lively epilogue exploring contemporary implications for war theory. The text...
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- PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 0773547681
- ISBN 13 9780773547681
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
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