mary von clausewitz influenced the work of un war. it's various translation has to include the temporary translation that we use over the command in general. staff college currently it would not be we would not be able to give you a translate option if it were not for her efforts in championed her husband's work and continuing on the effort to actually bring it to publication following his passing in 1831. the preference of most editions that you can get today is translations. she actually wrote. she said those who knew of our happy marriage and who knew we shared everything. not only joy and pain, but also every occupation, every concern of daily life will realize the task of this kind could not occupy my beloved husband without at the same time becoming thoroughly familiar to me, following clausewitz's death in 1831, marie's choice to publish the manuscript on war provided western military world with what i would say is probably one of the most influential theories of warfare that is still studied to this very day. one american acad