Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction to Parts I, II and III: On the Interpretation of History. Part I: From Writer to Writings 1. The Life of Clausewitz 2. The Formation of Thought (1804–30) 3. The Final Synthesis and the Strategic Debate Part II: The Dialectic 4. The Means and the Ends 5. The Moral and The Physical 6. Defence and Attack Part III: The Theoretical Scheme 7. The Art of War 8. Theory and History 9. From Theory to Doctrine. Introduction to Parts IV and V Part IV: Defender or Prosecutor? 10. Annihilation and Attrition 11. The Meeting of Two Revolutions 12. Arming the People Part V: The Nuclear Age: The Gamble of Reason 13. The ‘Deterrence Cheque’ 14. ‘War is a Chameleon’ 15. Policy or the Expression of the Spirit of the State. Epilogue: Goodbye to Arms, or the Great Illusion. Index.

About the Author

Raymond Aron