Chapter 14

Question 1

Democratic peace predicts that nuclear autocracies will fight each other.
True
False

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Opponents to the RMA debate suggest that it is too technologically deterministic.

a. True
b. False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Estimates of total 2003-2010 Iraqi war-related deaths ranged from 100,000 to 600,000.

a. True
b. False

Answer 3

a. True

Question 4

The rise of air power has led to replacement of the term battlefield with battlespace
True
False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Wars between substate groups for personal glory, power, enrichment, or revenge are classified by Metz
as:
a. third-tier.
b. first-tier.
c. new wars.
d. postmodern.

Answer 5

a. third-tier.

Question 6

Which of the following are seen as evidence of the obsolescence of war?

a. Security communities such as that in Europe.
b. Democratic peace theory.
c. Civil conflict in Africa.
d. Security communities such as that in Europe and democratic peace theory.

Answer 6

d.Security communities such as that in Europe and democratic peace theory.

Question 7

07) The global presence in war includes:
a. media.
b. nongovernmental organizations.
c. international organizations such as the UN.
d. media, nongovernmental organizations, and international organizations such as the UN.

Answer 7

d.media, nongovernmental organizations, and international organizations such as the UN.

Question 8

A conflict which turns on one’s side ability to force the other side to fight on their own terms is

a. new
b. postmodern.
c. asymmetrical.
d. civil.

Answer 8

c. asymmetrical.

Question 9

Who wrote of war that it will happen when one side thinks that the profits to be won outweigh the risk to be incurred, and the other side is ready to face danger rather than accept an immediate loss.

a. Thucydides
b. Machiavelli
c. Kissinger
d. Tilly

Answer 9

a. Thucydides

Question 10

The Iraq war was characterized by:

a. maneuver-oriented warfare.
b. information warfare.
c. technological superiority.
d. maneuver-oriented and information warfare, and technological superiority.

Answer 10

d.maneuver-oriented and information warfare, and technological superiority.

Question 11

The use of force by regular, uniformed, national military units to achieve military or political objectives is called

a. conventional warfare.
b. non-nuclear warfare.
c. postmodern warfare.
d. guerrilla warfare.

Answer 11

a. conventional warfare.

Question 12

Who called war the father of all and the king of all

a. Mahalanobis
b. Heraclitus
c. Thucydides
d. Alexander

Answer 12

b. Heraclitus

Question 13

The Revolution in Military Affairs:
a. has partially facilitated the rise of asymmetric warfare.
b. demonstrates that technological advantage is decisive in warfare.
c. negates the idea of postmodern warfare.
d. has partially facilitated the rise of asymmetric warfare, demonstrates that technological advantage is
decisive in warfare, and negates the idea of postmodern warfare.

Answer 13

a. has partially facilitated the rise of asymmetric warfare.

Question 14

Who said war is a condition of time in which special rules permitting and regulating violence between government prevails?

a. Michael Sheehan
b. Carl Von Clausewitz
c. Thucydides
d. Quincy Wright

Answer 14

a. Michael Sheehan

Question 15

15) Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs):
a. are rarely used in modern war and have little impact on its outcome.
b. are a pervasive and influential feature of modern war, demonstrated by their heavy use in the invasion of
Iraq in 2003.
c. have replaced standing national armies.
d. are solely a feature of contemporary warfare and were not used before the year 2000.

Answer 15

b. are a pervasive and influential feature of modern war, demonstrated by their heavy use in the invasion of
Iraq in 2003.