Strategy Concepts
Michael Howard identified these as the logistical, operational, social, and technological
What are the dimensions of strategy?
Germany achieved success on this front in World War I before being defeated
What is the Eastern Front?
During the 1950s, this Eisenhower administration policy emphasized the doctrine for employing nuclear weapons to deter the USSR, though its credibility was repeatedly question
What is massive retaliation?
Joint Publication 1 identifies these three distinct, yet overlapping, levels of warfare
What are the tactical, operational, and strategic?
In December 1916, the German Navy promised that England would be forced to sue for peace within five months if Germany launched this aggressive maritime campaign to sink 600,000 tons of shipping
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
Maoist revolutionary doctrine as used in the Vietnam War relied upon this number of stages
What is three?
Joint Publication 1 defines this overarching strategic concept as encompassing both deterrence (maintaining the status quo) and compellence (modifying inaction or ongoing behavior)
What is coercion?
Germany suffered the most casualties in World War II on this front
What is the Eastern Front?
These two nations attacked Israel in October 1973
What are Egypt and Syria?
While attrition aims to reduce an opponent's physical capacity to fight, this related strategy seeks to wear down an enemy's psychological willingness to fight, assuming their will will falter before their physical capacity is destroyed
What is exhaustion?
These two American officers commanded the principal offensives against Japan in the Pacific Theater in World War II
Who are Douglas MacArthur and Chester Nimitz?
This Communist leader reluctantly committed to supporting the invasion of South Korea due to an unfinished civil war.
Who is Mao Zedong?
Carl von Clausewitz wrote that this concept is the only one that more or less corresponds to the factors that distinguish real war from war on paper, including danger, physical exertion, and chance
What is friction?
By early 1944, this joint US and British bombing campaign shifted from an industrial focus into a counter-air campaign designed to draw out and destroy German fighters
What is the Combined Bomber Offensive?
The name of this bombing campaign of North Vietnam under President Richard Nixon referenced Nixon's love of football
What is Linebacker?