Why Women’s History Matters: My Interview for History in the Margins
Posted by VanyaB1877 in The Book on 5 March 2016
March is Women’s History Month. Here it is my contribution to the topic. Pamela Toler, a fellow historian, interviewed me for her blog History in the Margins. Pamela is the author of “Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War“, the book about the real women working at Mansion House, a hospital [...]
Marie von Clausewitz’s Diary from 1813
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 1 February 2016
Marie von Clausewitz’s diary from the fall campaign in 1813 is now accessible online. You can see the original pages written between August 17 and November 30, 1813 on Münster University and State Library’s online page. I have deciphered and annotated the diary. For those of you speaking German, you can follow the link here. If you [...]
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Carl von Clausewitz
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 9 January 2016
This article was originally published in The Strategy Bridge Carl von Clausewitz is known today as the West’s most influential military thinker. His seminal treatise On War lies at the heart of modern military doctrine. One recent article even compared its status among U.S. officers to that of St. Paul’s letters among Christians. For generations of readers of On War, [...]
The Other Clausewitz Article in The Journal of Military History
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 7 December 2015
This article titled “The Other Clausewitz: Findings from the Newly Discovered Correspondence between Marie and Carl von Clausewitz” was published earlier this year in The Journal of Military History. The article is written, however, before my book and thereby served as the base for Marie von Clausewitz. It is one hell of an experience to [...]
A Portrait of Clausewitz As a Young Officer
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 30 November 2015
This is another article I wrote for WarOnTheRocks’ (W)Archives column. It discusses, again, the newly found drawing of Carl von Clausewitz. You can read my initial post on the subject here. The new article explores the sketch’s possible dating. Dr. Gerhard Bauer, the expert historian of uniform and battlefield insignia at the Bundeswehr’s Museum of Military History in Dresden, was so [...]
Carl von Clausewitz’s Letter to August Wilhelm von Schlegel
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 22 November 2015
Recently I wrote an article for WarOnTheRocks.com about a letter Carl von Clausewitz wrote to the poet August Wilhelm von Schlegel in 1808. It has been rediscovered in the vaults of the Saxon State Archives. The letter points to a problem with Clausewitz’s biography: despite his eminent place in Western military thought, no comprehensive collected edition [...]
Jerry Lenaburg for New York Journal of Books
Posted by VanyaB1877 in The Book on 19 November 2015
Here is another review of my book by Jerry Lenaburg in New York Journal of Books I have to admit, I am very pleased… Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War Reviewed by: Jerry Lenaburg “read this book to truly understand how this dynamic duo formed a loving and unprecedented marriage [...]
Library Journal’s Review of My Book
Posted by VanyaB1877 in The Book on 19 November 2015
Library Journal published the very first review of my book in mid October. Unfortunately they don’t post all their reviews online. You can read the full text here or in the attached PDF file 110530434 Bellinger, Vanya Eftimova. Marie von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War. Oxford Univ. Nov. 2015. 304p. illus. notes. bibliog. ISBN 9780190225438. $29.95; ebk. ISBN 9780190225452. BIOG Carl von Clausewitz’s On War is considered [...]
My Book Is Out!
Posted by VanyaB1877 in The Book on 18 November 2015
Lately I haven’t posted much on my blog but I have a very good reason for that. I submitted my book’s first draft on February 1st, 2015 and since then, it’s been one hell of a ride. New writers tend to think that the writing process, when putting all these ideas in your head [...]
A New Drawing of Carl von Clausewitz Discovered
Posted by VanyaB1877 in Research on 14 July 2015
Among other things, writing a biography of Marie von Clausewitz has been a great exercise in networking and friendship-building. I have met some incredible personalities along the way and enjoyed endless discussions in person and via email. Some have shared their knowledge and tested my ideas. Others like Bernd Domsgen and Olaf Thiel from the [...]
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