Translation of: Penser la guerre, Clausewitz. Includes index.

The life of Clausewitz -- The formation of thought, 1804-30 -- The final synthesis and the strategic debate -- The means and the ends -- The moral and the physical -- Defence and attack -- The art of war -- Theory and history -- From theory to doctrine -- Annihilation and attrition -- The meeting of two revolutions -- Arming the people -- The 'deterrence cheque' -- 'War is a chameleon' -- Policy or the expression of the spirit of the state.