Ludwig von Mises

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    Unlike his contemporary warfare theorists, such as Clausewitz and Jomini who focused on explaining and understanding the principles of war, Napoleon Bonaparte’s instinctive natural perceptions guided him through the victories that led to his Empire over Europe. In 1769, the same year as Napoleon 's birth, the French defeated his homeland Corsica1. Growing up while experiencing his Corsican cultural identity disappearing under the influence of the French created resentment in the young Napoleon.…

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    Everything in the universe has a history. It is critical to inquire about the particular brand of history being used as a framework in either written pieces or conversation. Traditional history, or rather the discipline of history, was founded by Leopold von Ranke. Ranke believed that its was a historian’s job while studying the past to be somewhat detached from it. This is necessary in order to reconstruct history as it was, because there exists a duty to be true to the past before all else.…

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    (Doc. 8) Otto Von Bismarck would not agree with Rhodes ideas that Britain is a great nation he would instead root for the German nation. Bismarck, whom was a chancellor in Germany and he attempted to show off German nationalism by gathering nations were fellow Germans…

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    “What strategic theory or theorist do you believe best explains the nature and character of warfare in the Twenty-First Century?” War involves the destruction of physical and material strength of the parties involved. Destruction of life, institution, law, morality, culture, property, etc. This exhibits the nature of war and hence inherently in human history there has been wars, there has been fighting, and there has been killing. It is happening today and possibly will continue in the future,…

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    Hitler's Foreign Policy

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    opportunity was in the Presidential Election of 1932 against Paul von Hindenburg. Unfortunately Hitler did not win the presidency, but this was not a total lost for him. The election revealed to Hitler that he was in fact very well received and liked by the majority of Germans, it also revealed the popularity and growth of the Nazi party. Hitler’s break through opportunity came when he was appointed as Reich Chancellor. Franz von Papen hoped by making Hitler chancellor it would “Box him in with…

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    events have left a mark on history, but it is best done by the people who cause these effects. One of these famous European figures is Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck is the most important figure in European history due to his Unification of Germany, His Alliances and their affect on World War I, and his Military Strategies which influenced nationalism. Otto von Bismarck was born on April 1, 1815 in Prussia to a family of the Junker nobility, but only lived a middle class life, as his father was…

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    established a national party organization and growth of the party had increased since the reorganization. By 1929, the party had about 108,000 members in the party. In 1926 the Sturmabteilung (SA) was reestablished under a new leader named Franz Pfeffer von Salomon. In reorganizing the SA, Hitler emphasized that it was no longer connected to other paramilitary groups. Its main function was to start war on Jewry and Marxism in mass demonstrations. The SA growing made it possible for campaigns of…

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    The first step to any problem is to identify that there is a problem. Government have been a very delicate system people of generations have dealt with. It seems like in history it has always been the government that start the wars, or at least it comes back to the government. In V for Vendetta, V who is the main character of this film, hi-jacks a television station that has an emergency channel and gives his revolutionary speech. Within this speech he gives some reasons on why his government…

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    Question: How does Clausewitz's paradoxical trinity explain the changes to the character of warfare from the methods used by Frederick the Great to those that followed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? I. Thesis: Clausewitz’s paradoxical trinity explains the changes to the character of warfare from the ‘political-ideological French Revolution ’ to the ‘military revolution of the Great War ’ by acknowledging the variable but compelling relationships between: instruments of…

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    Clausewitz’s paradoxical trinity Prussian military general and theorist Carl von Clausewitz provided a clear perspective on the character and nature of war through his paradoxical trinity. Clausewitz suggests that war is a timeless paradoxical trinity made up of hatred, violence and enmity; chance and probability, and subordination to rational policy. He suggested that violence is a blind natural force; chance and probability allows the creative spirit to roam; and the subordination as an…

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