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Selection and maintenance of the Aim
Maintenance of Morale
Offensive action
Surprise
Concentration of effort
Security
Economy of force
Unity of command
Flexibility
Manoeuvre
Co-operation
Logistic Support
Maintaining Reserves
Intelligence
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Utilitarian vs. Educational
Develops abilities that are crucial to Soldiers
An Alternative to Personal Experience
Improve Professional Qualifications
Instils a Pride in the Profession
Inspires
Develop leadership and reflects the importance of character and integrity
Nurtures the Ability to reach conclusions and deal positively with immediate problems.
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Warnings There must be a balance between Education and
Experience
There are no clear cut lessons
It is not a guarantee for success
Cannot only study the operational aspects but the institutional aspects as well
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Grand Strategy Is concerned with the formulation of policy, the selection of realistic
war aims, whether offensive or defensive, and the building of alliances.
Military Strategy (Strategy) The Art of distributing and applying military means to fulfil the ends of
policy.
Grand Tactics (Operations) The level of command and planning for military operations at which
campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theatres or areas of operation.
Tactics The actual method of fighting and manoeuvre and involve every
combatant.
Logistics Logistics comprises the provision, movement and supply of armed
forces.
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Early man
Classical Warfare
Art of War to the Eighteenth
Century- test of the Commander
French Revolution and Napoleon
Nineteenth Century
Continuous fronts and Total War
Inter-war years
Colonial Warfare and
Wars of Liberation
Indirect wars
The Nuclear Age
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Penetration of the Centre
Envelopment of a Single Flank
Envelopment of Both Flanks
Attack in Oblique Order
Feigned Withdrawal
Attack from a Defensive Position
Indirect approach
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Modern warfare can be described as organised societal violence.
Warfare mimics the societies it is part of. Static society vs. Societies that are constantly changing.
There is no specialisation or military class.
No primitive society can afford to have long wars or lose men in battle.
Wars was fought as a matter of prestige or the glory of individuals.
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