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29 Cards in this Set

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