ON WAR

by General Carl von Clausewitz




ON WAR GENERAL CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ TRANSLATED BY COLONEL J.J. GRAHAM

_1874 was 1st edition of this translation. 1909 was the London
reprinting._


NEW AND REVISED EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY COLONEL F.N.
MAUDE C.B. (LATE R.E.)


EIGHTH IMPRESSION IN THREE VOLUMES

VOLUME I




INTRODUCTION

THE Germans interpret their new national colours--black, red, and
white--by the saying, "Durch Nacht und Blut zur licht." ("Through night
and blood to light"), and no work yet written conveys to the thinker a
clearer conception of all that the red streak in their flag stands for