document to solve any irregular warfare problem. Unfortunately‚ such a document does not exist‚ nor will it ever exist. Lamentably‚ despite recent fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan‚ the US political and military apparatus remains largely beholden to the idea of decisive action to achieve quick victory. Given its superior military might‚ the US prefers a single all determining battle or campaign to achieve victory and leave its enemy. Any talk of irregular warfare engenders thoughts of‚ as you put
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Calculus in Warfare Introduction Throughout the all of human history‚ one aspect truly stands out as definitive of human political interaction: war. From the story of Abraham militantly freeing his nephew Lot from the hands of a coalition of Mesopotamian kings to modern nuclear war threats between North Korea and the West‚ war has ever been one of the defining characteristics of human society and government. Furthermore‚ each society has specific ideas about war and how to effectively strategize
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of new technology in influencing the nature of warfare in the years 1845-1991” In order to ascertain the effect that technological advances had on the nature of warfare within this 146 year period‚ it is necessary to break down the definition of the “nature” of warfare. Within this essay it is understood to mean the ways in which wars were fought. Furthermore‚ one must also consider the non technological factors that affected the nature of warfare‚ and the ways in which wars were fought as a result
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The term guerrilla marketing was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in 1984 (Levinson‚ 1984). It stands for a variety of low-cost‚ high-impact marketing techniques that allow small companies and/or individuals to act like big companies. Guerrilla marketing can be regarded as the ancestor of the other EM concepts. It is about the attempt to achieve wide-ranging results with an untypically low utilization of resources by acting like a guerrilla. It focuses on simplicity‚ and aims for the recipient to be
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Extended Essay: Did Japanese Atrocities in the Philippines have an impact on the uprising of the Philippine Guerrillas Movement after the American/Filipino defeat in 1942? Subject: History Candidate Number: 004812-013 Candidate Name: Armand Mendoza Word Count: 3‚971 Abstract This essay focuses on attrocities commited by the Imperial Japanese Army during their occupation of the Philippines and the ramifications of these actions on the Guerilla movement. The Japanese occupied
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Hybrid Warfare or Asymmetric Warfare? To have a discussion on hybrid warfare‚ we need to have a clear idea of what are the differences between conventional and hybrid warfare are. Conventional warfare is a nonnuclear conflict with rules of engagement formed by an agreement or compact. These rules for conventional warfare are spelled out by the Law of War and cover acceptable weapons‚ treatment of prisoners‚ torture‚ surrender‚ and much more. Unconventional is best described as guerilla and covert
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Everything is fair in war except surrender because surrender is NO option. Fear is the right policy for war. Asymmetric warfare: Warfare in which opposing groups or nations have unequal military resources‚ and the weaker opponent uses unconventional weapons and tactics‚ as terrorism‚ to exploit the vulnerabilities of the enemy. The “Asymmetric warfare” is a term in our modern military lexicon that has recently enjoyed a lot of play in military and political discourse. It and the related term
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December 5‚ 2013 Unconventional & Asymmetrical Warfare Military Strategy Unconventional & Asymmetrical Warfare In On War‚ Carl von Clausewitz states‚ “Every age has its own kind of war‚ its own limiting conditions‚ and its own peculiar preconceptions.” It can be argued that the end of the Cold War reduced the world’s superpowers from two to one‚ leaving the US without any actual military competition. However‚ this
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Guerrilla Warfare in Revolutionary War Americans changed the rules of war during the American Revolution with their new military tactics of guerrilla warfare. In early 1777‚ General John Burgoyne was commissioned to lead a big army from Canada down Lake Champlain and the Hudson River Valley. During this expedition‚ Using highly skilled fighters and sharpshooters from the frontier‚ the American army was able to pick off all 400 of the British troops’ Native American scouts and about all of the
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World War I alone‚ more than 16 million people died‚ which made it one of the highest ranking wars in death total a war ever. Trench warfare was used extensively in World War I. This war was the beginning of technologically advanced killing machines. With advancing weapons that were used in this war‚ there was a massive loss of life‚ hope and courage. Trench warfare was so very harsh because the men were
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