This website presents a complete German edition of Carl von Clausewitz's classic work on the theory of war, Vom Kriege. We do not know exactly which edition it was scanned from. It appears, however, to be either the very first edition or a very recent edition based on modern scholars' reconstruction of Clausewitz's original text.* This "book-by-book" version is divided into nine files: the front matter and the eight Books. We have also posted a "single-file version" for use by researchers interested in systematic searches and textual analysis. However, that single file is rather unwieldy, so we recommend this version for normal reading. For background on Clausewitz, visit our FAQs page. The Clausewitz Gesellschaft has also posted a full version of Vom Kriege.

* This conclusion is based on various features of the text, but particularly on the famous paragraph in Chapter 6B of Book 8, which concerns the relationship of the top military commander to the political cabinet. See p.608, fn.1, of the Howard/Paret translation for a discussion.