The cognitive challenge of war : Prussia 1806

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Label

The cognitive challenge of war : Prussia 1806

Title remainder

Prussia 1806

Statement of responsibility

Peter Paret

Creator

• Paret, Peter

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831 -- Military leadership
• Electronic books
• Jena, Battle of, Jena, Germany, 1806
• Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de, 1779-1869 -- Military leadership
• Military art and science -- Case studies
• Military history -- Case studies
• Auerstedt, Battle of, Auerstedt, Germany, 1806
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Germany | Prussia
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Literature and the wars
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Social aspects -- Germany | Prussia
• Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Art and the wars

Genre

• Case studies
• Art and the wars

Language

eng

Summary

The compelling story of the military campaign that changed how we think about war Responding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia's effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together with institutional and political decisions eventually turned defeat to victory. The author moves from a comparative study of French and Prussian forces to campaign narrative and strategic analysis. He examines processes of change in institutions and doctrine, as well as their dependence on social and political developments, and interprets works of art and literature as indicators of popular and elite attitudes toward war, which influence the conduct of war and the kind and extent of military innovation. In the concluding chapter he addresses the impact of 1806 on two men who fought on opposing sides in the campaign and sought a new theoretical understanding of war-Henri Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz. Fields of history that are often kept separate are brought together in this book, which seeks to replicate the links between different areas of thought and action as they exist in reality and shape events

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

940.2/742

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult