This refers to the distribution of power through dynamic interaction, both cooperative and competitive.
What is Politics
100
Denying the adversary access to necessary physical, financial, and technological resources is an example of what means in war?
What is Economic
100
This encompasses the use of a brtoad range of military capabilities to deter war, resolve conflict, promote peace, and support civil authorities.
What is Military operations other than war.
100
Activities at this level focus directly on policy objectives.
What is strategic
100
This allows us to pursue some positive aim even if only to preempt an enemy initiative.
What is initiative
200
This refers to the conscious objectives established within the political process.
What is Policy
200
This method of influencing the decisions and behavior of foreign governments and people through dialogue, negotiation, and other measures short of war, is an example of what means in war?
What is Diplomatic
200
This is defined as a large scale, sustained combat operation such as global conflict between major powers.
What is general war.
200
This coordinates and focuses all the elements of national power to attain the policy objectives.
What is national strategy
200
This is a product of the continuous interaction between initiative and response.
What is the flux of war
300
This is an extension of both policy and politics with the addition of military force.
What is War
300
This means in war refers to the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war.
What is Military
300
This is a factor in regards to where a particular conflict is placed in the spectrum.
What is policy objectives, available military means, national will, or combat power.
300
This level of war refers to the concepts and methods used to accomplish a particular mission in either combat or other military operations.
What is tactical
300
This contributes striking power.
What is the offense.
400
This use of military force is defined as making the enemy helpless to resist us by physically destroying his military capabilities.
What is Strategy of annihilation/incapacitation
400
This means in war is defined as the use of various techniques, such as propaganda and terror, to induce or reinforce attitudes favorable to a war effort.
What is Psychological
400
This is what the spectrum of conflict reflects.
What is the magnitude of violence involved.
400
This level of war includes deciding when, where, and under what conditions to engage the enemy in battle.
What is operational
400
This tends to be the more efficient form of warfare.
What is the defense.
500
This use of military force is defined as convincing the enemy that accepting our terms will be less painful than continuing to resist.
What is Strategy of erosion
500
In regards to the means in war, our primary concern is with the use of what?
What is Military force
500
Political groups are generally unwilling to accept the risks associated with war unless this is at stake.
What is actual survival.
500
This level of war includes the technical application of combat power.