/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.12138654]

Anyone read this? Any good?

[Anonymous No.12138663]

>80% of this fuckig board is worthless contentless "Is Plato good?" "Is Dostovesky good?" "Should I read Shakespeare?" threads

please please god smash this fucking worthless species into dust with comets and meteors

[Anonymous No.12138665]

>>12138654
Never heard of it

[Anonymous No.12138675]

>>12138663
the enlightened anon spends his time complaining about the content of the board whislt contributing none of his own

>>12138665
saw it online on sale figured i'd cop it

[Anonymous No.12138697]

it's the best on the subject anon

[Anonymous No.12138862]

>>12138654
It really depends on what you are looking for. Are you interested in warfare and the related strategy, operations etc, or are you just interested in strategy and general leadership stuff? Clausewitz focuses much more on the first, if you want a self-help book on strategy, you should probably start with The Art of War.

After Clausewitz you should move on to actual military books on strategy or Keegan and other military historians for history.

[Anonymous No.12138976]

>>12138862
Cool, cheers anon

[Anonymous No.12138990]

Depends upon the translation. Get the Howard/Paret translation. You should also know Clausewitz never finished the book. You should also know he reasons in a way that might strike you as strange have you not read much philosophy.

[Anonymous No.12140271]

It's worthwhile if you are interested in the subject. But it's not a casual read in any way shape or form.

If I were to reread it I'd get an annotated version since many of the historical referenceces went over my head and it's annoying to check Wikipedia all the time while reading.

[Anonymous No.12140291]

>>12138663
Now you are reminded of the fact that more babies are born than you can count numbers from 0 in a minute.

Everyday nearly half a million people reach the age limit for 4chan.

[Anonymous No.12140801]

I am reading it right now. I only have finished chapter 1 because I literally started yesterday. Nothing earth shattering thus far but I am enjoying. Not too strenuous of a read but something you can fly through.

[Anonymous No.12140825]

>>12138990
I got the Graham translation, how badly did I fuck up?

[Anonymous No.12140852]

>>12138665

[Anonymous No.12141334]

It's applicable to other fields as well.

First learned about it in an emergency/disaster management class as a useful planning guidebook.