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Tactic is usually implemented through surging at the enemy after their attack. Counterforce – A strategy used in nuclear warfare of targeting military infrastructure (as opposed to civilian targets) Countervalue – The opposite of counterforce; targeting of enemy cities and civilian populations. Used to distract the enemy.
Penetration of the center: This involves exploiting a gap in the enemy line to drive directly to the enemy's command or base.Two ways of accomplishing this are separating enemy forces then using a reserve to exploit the gap (e.g. Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)) or having fast, elite forces smash at a weak spot (or an area where your elites are at their best in striking power) and using reserves ...
Unrestricted Warfare: Two Air Force Senior Colonels on Scenarios for War and the Operational Art in an Era of Globalization [1] (simplified Chinese: 超限战; traditional Chinese: 超限戰; lit. 'warfare beyond bounds') is a book on military strategy written in 1999 by two colonels in the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Qiao Liang (乔良) and Wang Xiangsui (王湘穗). [2]
Military strategy is a set of ideas implemented by military organizations to pursue desired strategic goals. [ 1] Derived from the Greek word strategos, the term strategy, when first used during the 18th century, [ 2] was seen in its narrow sense as the "art of the general ", [ 3] or "the art of arrangement" of troops.
Bernard Brodie (May 20, 1910 – November 24, 1978) was an American military strategist well known for establishing the basics of nuclear strategy. [1] Known as "the American Clausewitz," and "the original nuclear strategist," he was an initial architect of nuclear deterrence strategy and tried to ascertain the role and value of nuclear weapons after their creation.
The 50th Law. The 33 Strategies of War is a military history and personal development book. It was written by American author Robert Greene in 2006. It is composed of discussions and examples of offensive and defensive strategies from a wide variety of people and conditions, applying them to social conflicts such as family quarrels and business ...
v. t. e. Defence in depth (also known as deep defence or elastic defence) is a military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker, buying time and causing additional casualties by yielding space. Rather than defeating an attacker with a single, strong defensive line, defence in depth relies on the tendency of ...
W. War from the Ground Up. War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness. Military treatise. Wujing Zongyao. J.C. Wylie. Categories: Military strategy. Military handbooks and manuals.