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 Hofschroer brings forward a long-repressed commentary written by Carl von Clausewitz, the author of "On War."
Clausewitz, the Western world s most renowned military theorist, participated in the Waterloo campaign as a senior staff officer in the Prussian army. His appraisal, offered here in an up-to-date and readable translation, criticized the Duke of Wellington s actions. Lord Liverpool sent his translation of the manuscript to...
The Battle of Waterloo has been studied and dissected so extensively that one might assume little more on the subject could be discovered. Now hist...