This is a comprehensive and extensive interpretation of 'On War' taking into account Clausewitz's previously neglected analysis of war campaigns with the aim of developing a theory of war for the 21st century.

Andreas Herberg-Rothe, Dr. phil. habil., Private Lecturer at the Institute for Social Sciences (since 2001), Humboldt University Berlin; Visiting fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science (2005-2006), Associate of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme 'The changing character of war' (2004-2005); Post doctoral thesis: 'Enigma Clausewitz' (Expert witnesses: Bredow, Muenkler, Paret) at Humboldt University (2000).

• Part I Prologue


• Part II Anti-theses and Ambivalences


• 1: Clausewitz and Napoleon: Jena, Moscow, and Waterloo


• 2: Violence, Fear, and Power: The Expansion and Limitation of War


• 3: Concepts of Absolute and real War


• Part III Using Clausewitz to Go Beyond Clausewitz


• 4: Clausewitz's legacy: the Trinity


• 5: Polarity and Asymmetry Between Attack and Defence


• 6: The Formula: Politics in War