Clio & Me: An Intellectual Autobiography

Martin van Creveld ranks high among military historians and given the changes in technology since Napoleonic Times his work is a necessary supplement to Clausewitz. - Jerry PournelleDr. Martin van Creveld is a significant contributor to the literature of war. Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem Dr. van Creveld is one of the worlds leading writers on military history and strategy with a special interest in the future of war. He is fluent in Hebrew German Dutch and English and has authored more than twenty books including the influential Technology and War: 2000 BC to the Present (1988) The Transformation of War (1991) and The Culture of War (2010). He is known for his development of the concept of nontrinitarian warfare as well as contributing two books to the 4GW canon and he is deeply respected by military officers and professional strategists around the world.CLIO & ME is Dr. van Crevelds most personal book an honest heartfelt account of his lifelong love affair with the Muse of History. It is an autobiography not of the life but of the mind and as such will be of great interest to historians and students of history alike. This intellectual autobiography reveals one of the great historical minds of the 21st Century to be eternally curious endlessly inquisitive and possessed of an unexpected charm.