The book which has influenced military leaders of every country for a century and a quarter and has been accepted internationally as the classic study on the philosophy
and strategy of war is here published, complete and unabridged, in an entirely new translation and, for the first time, at a moderate price. Every General Staff, every officer, every soldier and trainee and every professional and amateur military expert turns to Clausewitz's work not only as a book of instruction but as the authority for the interpretation and prediction of the fortunes of war. The Germans have made him the originator of their ideal of unrestrained aggressive warfare. The Russians have applied his theories of defense with results that have astounded the world. Every nation accepts his dictum that war is the means of attaining political ends by force. The choice of political principles once made and the issue brought to a test of arms, the struggle between military forces is analyzed in the most authoritative book in all the literature of warfare. 

The Modern Library edition of On War is not a reprint. It is a brand-new translation by 0. J. Matthijs Jolles of the Institute of Military Studies, The University of Chicago.  A brilliant Foreword is provided by Colonel Joseph I. Greene, Editor of The Infantry Journal.