Force Academy, and his expertise on US nuclear (atomic) strategy reflects the views of the US Air Force’s (USAF) strategists and their predisposition to air power. Kaplan is reasonably explicit regarding this predisposition. The roles of the USAF, the Strategic Air Command (SAC), and nuclear bombardment in US strategy in the early to mid-Cold War years are discussed early in the book. The USAF and SAC had an actionable strategy for “winning” a war (so long as the other side did not have nuclear capability
as the North, fought against the Confederate States of America also known as the South. The North and South had their own strategies. The South had to fight a defensive war as much as possible. They had to draw out the war as long as possible and get the North tired of fighting. The South asked for help from foreign countries like England or France. The North had their strategies, they were going to strangle the South like an anaconda also known as the Anaconda Plan, by blockading southern ports to
LT Christopher Gannon Professor E. Tencza Strategy & War 15 June 2015 Given the overwhelming British victories in New York and New Jersey in 1776, how was General Washington able to avoid catastrophic defeat and eventually win the war? Introduction The overwhelming British victories in New York and New Jersey in 1776 were significant defeats for the Continental Army and the American Cause and should have all but ended the war. However, behind General Washington’s resolve and strategic planning
surrender treaties as thirsty men. If a lack of petrol did not lose them the war, it certainly shortened if for them. As the Second World War was the first to incorporate planes, tanks and diesel powered warships on such a large scale, it is not surprising that oil was of massive importance. However, this essay will show that for the Axis powers, oil was not only a logistical necessity. But also a decisive factor in declarations of war, strategic decision making, objectives of campaigns as well as battlefield
Strategy and tactics[edit] Many of the officers and veteran soldiers of the English Civil War studied and implemented war strategies that had been learned and perfected in other wars across Europe, namely by the Spanish and the Dutch during the Dutch war for independence which began in 1568.[7] The main battle tactic came to be known as pike and shot infantry, in which the two sides would line up, facing each other, with infantry brigades of musketeers in the centre, carrying matchlock muskets;
Project: U.S- Cuban Trade: When does a Cold War Strategy Become a Cold War Relic? Able to weather a variety of political leaders, economic events, and historical eras, the U.S. embargo of Cuba is the longest and harshest embargo by one state against another in modern history. Following Castro’s overthrow of the Batista government in 1959 and threats to incite revolutions elsewhere in Latin America, the Unites State cancelled its trade agreement to buy Cuban sugar. Then, following a series of
Evaluate the effectiveness of the Strategies used by the opposing sides in the Second Indochina War (1965-1973). Why was it inevitable that the South (USA and Republic of Vietnam) would be defeated?It was inevitable that the USA and the Republic of Vietnam would be defeated in the Second Indochina war of 1965-1973 because of the effective strategies used by the North, with the use of Guerrilla warfare and the Ho Chin Minh trail. The south was defeated because their tactics like using conventional
Introduction - Analysis of U.S. grand strategy during the Vietnam War cannot be fully understood without placing it in the context of the Cold War and the foreign policy of “containment.” In this context, details indicate that realist, liberalist, and constructivist theories all contributed to U.S. grand strategy at the time. However, more detailed analysis reveals that, while defensive realism was guiding foreign policy during this period of the cold war, offensive realism was the predominant
Did technology and strategy affect the outcome of World War II, or was the outcome as a result of which army had the most soldiers? Conor Bremner History Project Stanford Lake College History Department 2013/05/18 Contents Page Introduction Page 1 Review of Literature
1.) Based upon the current week’s lectures, how did grant and Sherman exemplify a new war strategy? Grant and Sherman decided that a different tactic for war would be better served in their favor if they focused on something called “total war.” This meant to target the areas that benefited the south and that furthered their war agenda. These two men went after crops and railroads and anything else the civilians had that helped the other side along in the battle. Army’s usually were only supposed