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29 Cards in this Set
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Clausewitz
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absolute war – no politics. Real war – with political goals. Paradoxical trinity
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Sun tzu
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estimates, deception, protracted war is bad. Fatal leadership, troop morale, and alliances.
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Lawrence of Arabia
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Guerilla Warfare. Algebraic, biological, psychological. Favors insurgent victory
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Mao Zedong
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political mobilization, favored protracted war, winning the people to support insurgency
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Douhet
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command the air, offense is best defense, need separate air force. Advocated total war.
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Billy Mitchell
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Airpower makes long wars impossible, hindered by army/navy. Attack “vital centers”.
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John Slessor
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airpower as a means to an end. Most important to support ground missions. No waste
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John Boyd
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OODA loop. Think faster and more often than bad guys.
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John Warden
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5 rings: Ldrshp, Orgnc essnt., infrastruct. Pop., military. Cent. Of Gravity, parallel attack
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Robert Pape
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hammer and anvil – support ground ops. Decapitation doesn’t work. Bomb trucks.
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B.H. Liddell Hart
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grand strategy, physical and psychological. Strategic paralysis/ indirect approach.
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Bernard Brodie
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foundation of deterrence. No defense against a-bomb. War=obliteration.
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Thomas Schelling
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Coercion – persuasion. Bargaining power, the threat, brute force – actual fighting.
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Byman
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3 conditions for successful coercion. Get what you want w/o engaging the enemy physically
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Huntington
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cultural wars. Future wars will be with civilizations and not city-states.
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Ikenberry
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grand strategy. Realist v. liberal bargains. The American system.
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Pollack
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containment and deterrence in Iraq against Saddam and the effects of an invasion
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Krepinevich
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new strategy. Sources of insurgency. Gravity sources: Iraqi people, US pple, US soldier.
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David Kilcullen
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Hearts and minds of people. Prep, presence, initiative. Control the envioronment.
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General Azibaid
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isolate public from Salafist jihadists. Long war. Media support to win the people.
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Walter A. McDougall
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space age is dead. 50 years of disappointment
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LtCol Modinger
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space weaponization, 6 theories of space thought
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Everett C. Dolman
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the 6 dimensions of astropolitics. Sanctuary and high ground. Astropolitik
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Purists
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Anti Oppose in principle
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Stability Seekers
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Anti Destabilize international relations
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Reletavists
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Anit Diminish US power
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Reluctant Weaponizers
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Pro Inevitability of weaponization
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Controllers
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Pro Friendly access/Deny any foe
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Hegemonists
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Pro Global control/dominated by 1 power
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