User contributions for Cbassford1
A user with 196 edits. Account created on 27 September 2006.
28 January 2024
- 18:4018:40, 28 January 2024 diff hist −4 m John McAuley Palmer (United States Army officer) →Later career and World War I
- 18:3418:34, 28 January 2024 diff hist −2 m John McAuley Palmer (United States Army officer) →Later career and World War I: Corrected link syntax.
- 18:3218:32, 28 January 2024 diff hist +319 John McAuley Palmer (United States Army officer) Inserted a reference to Palmer's reading of Carl von Clausewitz's work.
- 18:0718:07, 28 January 2024 diff hist +13 m Spenser Wilkinson →Bibliography: Updated two ancient links current
- 17:5117:51, 28 January 2024 diff hist +18 m Spenser Wilkinson Updated ancient link
27 February 2023
- 04:2004:20, 27 February 2023 diff hist +14 m Absolute war Corrected a URL; lower-cased the von.
15 February 2022
- 18:5018:50, 15 February 2022 diff hist +213 Christopher Bassford →Works: Added a link.
21 January 2021
- 03:0203:02, 21 January 2021 diff hist +9 m Carl von Clausewitz →Influence: Resequenced a sentence that has wandered out of place.
26 October 2020
- 02:2902:29, 26 October 2020 diff hist +296 Carl von Clausewitz →Influence: Mostly syntactical corrections and clarification. A couple of additions to balance particular arguments.
- 02:0402:04, 26 October 2020 diff hist +117 Carl von Clausewitz →Interpretation and misinterpretation: Syntactical corrections and clarifications. Some factual corrections--e.g., Rapoport edited but did not translate Clausewitz's work.
- 01:4501:45, 26 October 2020 diff hist +395 Carl von Clausewitz →Theory of war: Some grammatical and syntactical corrections and clarifications.
31 December 2019
- 04:0504:05, 31 December 2019 diff hist −55 m Carl von Clausewitz →Principal ideas: fixed typo
- 04:0404:04, 31 December 2019 diff hist +107 Carl von Clausewitz →Principal ideas: Corrected source of this list of concepts.
- 04:0104:01, 31 December 2019 diff hist +196 On War →Synopsis: Added the source of the following list, with link.
- 03:4503:45, 31 December 2019 diff hist +123 Carl von Clausewitz →Principal ideas: Corrected reference. This list of concepts is from the source now cited, not Peter Paret.
29 October 2019
- 02:4002:40, 29 October 2019 diff hist 0 m Carl von Clausewitz →References: Capitalized a name.
- 02:3802:38, 29 October 2019 diff hist +515 Carl von Clausewitz →References: Added a scholarly reference by Paul Donker.
- 02:3002:30, 29 October 2019 diff hist +365 m Carl von Clausewitz →Life and military career: Fixed punctuation; minor writing fixes; added reference
- 02:0402:04, 29 October 2019 diff hist +12 m Carl von Clausewitz →Name: Fixed punctuation and grammar issues.
9 August 2019
- 01:2401:24, 9 August 2019 diff hist −2 m Lieber Code →Sterner measures: Re reference to Clausewitz, changed "strategist" to "theorist," as Clausewitz discussed much more than just strategy.
19 January 2019
- 03:4903:49, 19 January 2019 diff hist +8 m Absolute war →Confusion with Total War: Cleared up some grammar issues.
17 January 2019
- 20:1320:13, 17 January 2019 diff hist +2 m Carl von Clausewitz →Late 20th and early 21st century: word-choice substitution--changed 'policy' to 'politics' in translation of Clausewitz's term Politik. This is a somewhat controversial issue, but 'politics' is much more appropriate in this specific instance.
- 20:0820:08, 17 January 2019 diff hist +1 m Carl von Clausewitz →Influence: grammatical correction
- 20:0520:05, 17 January 2019 diff hist +62 m Carl von Clausewitz →Interpretation and misinterpretation: added link.
- 20:0120:01, 17 January 2019 diff hist +108 m Carl von Clausewitz →Interpretation and misinterpretation: clarified a statement on the relationship of 'absolute' and 'ideal ' war in the evolution of Clausewitz's thinking.
- 19:5719:57, 17 January 2019 diff hist +225 m Carl von Clausewitz →References: inserted reference
- 19:5319:53, 17 January 2019 diff hist +206 m Carl von Clausewitz →Life and military career: ed details on philosophical background
26 January 2018
- 02:1002:10, 26 January 2018 diff hist 0 Carl von Clausewitz →Life and military career: Fixed date of Marie von Clausewitz's death
8 July 2017
- 19:1819:18, 8 July 2017 diff hist 0 Battle of Waterloo →Views on the reasons for Napoleon's defeat: Removed redundant link.
- 19:1519:15, 8 July 2017 diff hist +982 Battle of Waterloo →Views on the reasons for Napoleon's defeat: Added a quote from Clausewitz that contrasts with the quote from his rival Jomini.
5 July 2017
- 00:1500:15, 5 July 2017 diff hist +850 Battle of Wavre General editing of syntax and punctuation, etc. Added links to material relevant to Carl von Clausewitz, who was Thielmann's chief-of-staff at the Battle of Wavre.
28 March 2017
- 01:4101:41, 28 March 2017 diff hist +16 m Absolute war Inserted wiki links.
- 01:3301:33, 28 March 2017 diff hist +2,727 Absolute war Corrects confusion between Clausewitz's early concept of "absolute war" and his mature concept of "ideal war."
4 June 2016
- 18:5518:55, 4 June 2016 diff hist −51 Christopher Bassford No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
9 March 2016
- 00:1200:12, 9 March 2016 diff hist +53 Johann von Thielmann →Biography: added historical detail and link
6 February 2016
- 15:3615:36, 6 February 2016 diff hist +141 User talk:Cbassford1 →Fonts for Linear B/Mycenaean Greek
- 03:2003:20, 6 February 2016 diff hist +365 User talk:Cbassford1 →Fonts for Linear B/Mycenaean Greek
5 February 2016
- 16:1716:17, 5 February 2016 diff hist +118 User talk:Cbassford1 →Fonts for Linear B/Mycenaean Greek: Responded here.
26 December 2015
- 01:5601:56, 26 December 2015 diff hist +4 August Otto Rühle von Lilienstern Inserted link.
- 01:5501:55, 26 December 2015 diff hist +393 August Otto Rühle von Lilienstern Balanced a tendentious effort to portray one of these men (Lilianstern and Clausewitz) as a plagiarist.
29 November 2015
- 20:2220:22, 29 November 2015 diff hist +64 m Christopher Bassford Added link
- 20:2020:20, 29 November 2015 diff hist +478 Christopher Bassford Added links, citations, details
- 20:1220:12, 29 November 2015 diff hist +1,141 Christopher Bassford →Works: Added links
24 November 2015
- 20:3620:36, 24 November 2015 diff hist +6 m Carl von Clausewitz →External links: Updated/corrected broken link.
- 20:1620:16, 24 November 2015 diff hist +22 Carl von Clausewitz →Influence: Minor clarications; updated a link.
- 20:0520:05, 24 November 2015 diff hist +281 Carl von Clausewitz →Influence: Minor refinements to language, plus offering some counterpoint.
- 19:5819:58, 24 November 2015 diff hist +35 Carl von Clausewitz →Interpretation and misinterpretation: minor refinements.
- 19:5419:54, 24 November 2015 diff hist +336 Carl von Clausewitz →Theory of war: A number of small refinements or clarifications.
- 19:4419:44, 24 November 2015 diff hist +4 m Convention of Tauroggen Inserted link.
- 19:3019:30, 24 November 2015 diff hist −47 m Christopher Bassford Corrected/updated another link.
