Military 3 Flashcards
military & bargainin
power to hurt is a bargainin power
- bargaining power that comes from physical harm a nation can do to another is reflected in notions like deterrence, retalitaion, reprisal, terrorism, nerve gas, nukes, armisticse, surrentder, POW treatmetn, regualtion of armament…
- military force can sometimes be used to achieve an objective forcibly
- military power is used as a bargaining power and thus is part of diplomacy
military strategy
military strategy is teh art and science of military victory
object of victory is traitoinally described as imposign one’s will on teh enemy but how this is done tends to receive less attention
a country’s capacity for violence
countries use their capacity for violence as a bargaining power
writing by Julius Caesar
Conquest of Gual
Gulf of Tonkin
1964
Thucycidides writing
Peloponessian war
what is diplomacy
diplomacy is bargaining
- seeks out outcomes - might not be ideal for either -that are better for both versus alternatives
can be polite or not, aggressive nor not
- compromse, exchanges, collaborative
military forces to hurt
military forces can be used to hurt
0- can protect take things of value but it can also destroy value and cause sufferings
exploited in vicious diplomacy
power to hurt is a bargaining power exploited in vicious diplomacy
when is the power to hurt historically most successful
power to hurt is most successful when it is held in reserve 0- threat of pain structures motivation
- those who exploit ti know what the adversary treasures and scares them
what dos coercion requrie
coercion requires finding a bargain and arranging for them to b e better/not worse. - doing what they want
what are troops often considered
troops are often considered a military asset versus a warm human being
Ghengis Khan and hostages
Khan often has is hostages march ahead of army so first victims fo resistance
nukes and victory
with nukes, you can do a lot of damage w/o military victory
“victory is no longer a prerequisite for hurting the enemy”
a successful surprise attack might prevent…
a successful surprise attack might eliminate an opponent’s means for retribution
purveyor
person who provides or supplis something
make clear by explaination or analyssi
elucidation
If you want peace…
if you want peace, prepare for war
si vis pacem, para bellum
banged his shoe at UN
Khurschev in protest to a speech by a Philippean delgate in 1960
point of order
draws attention to a rules violation
Robert’s Rules
Robert’s Rules of ORder. parlimenary procedures.
salami tactics
divide and conquer approach which answers to split up the opposition
- expression evokes the idea of slicing up one’s oppositoin in teh same way you slice salami
threat that compels rather than deters
threat that compels rather than deters often requires punishment be administered after the other acts rather athan “if”
Zeno’s paradox
before reaching a destination, you must travel halfware there. then halfway from that…infinite number of steps