EDITOR'S PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE LIFE OF CLAUSEWITZ

CHAPTER II THE INFLUENCE OF CLAUSEWITZ ON MODERN POLICY AND WAR

CHAPTER III THE WRITINGS OF CLAUSEWITZ

CHAPTER IV THE THEORY AND THE PRACTICE OF WAR

CHAPTER V THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFORT REQUIRED IN A MODERN NATIONAL WAR

CHAPTER VI PUBLIC OPINION IN WAR

CHAPTER VII THE NATURE OF WAR

CHAPTER VIII WAR AS POLICY

CHAPTER IX STRATEGY

CHAPTER X THE EXECUTION OF STRATEGY

CHAPTER XI TACTICS

CHAPTER XII CHANGES SINCE THE DAYS OF CLAUSEWITZ

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

THE
REALITY OF WAR

A COMPANION
TO CLAUSEWITZ

BY
MAJOR STEWART L. MURRAY
LATE GORDON HIGHLANDERS

POPULAR EDITION EDITED BY
A. HILLIARD ATTERIDGE

LONDON
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
WARWICK SQUARE, E.C.

HUGH REES, LTD.
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Reprinted in 1914