ABSTRACT
Clausewitz’s interpretation of Napoleonic warfare, along with Jomini’s critique of it, emerged only slowly as inuential strains of military thought in Europe and beyond. The overriding concern of Clausewitz’s thought-the vitality, stability, and power of the state-was a concern shared by Prussian and other European reformers and quickened by Clausewitz’s insights. These were not published in coherent and comprehensive form until 1832, and until 1871 Clausewitz was seldom read outside Prussia. Thereafter, Prussia’s victory over France and the translation of Vom Kriege into On War gave the book its prominence among military professionals.1
