Military History: Influencial Military Historians Flashcards
jomini
treatise on grand military operations
the art of war
sun tzu
military activity into 3 catagories
strategy, grand tactics, logistics
modern concepts
theater of operations “Commz”
in von kreige what are the aims
- war is an extension of politics
-war to achieve limited aims
–disarm the enemy to render him politically helpless or militarily impotent
-total war
military treatise von kreige
von clausewitz
ritual displays of aggression, face the enemy, perhaps single combat between warriors
ritualistic
Tate of continual, low threshold warfare in modern tribal societies
endemic warfare
constant raiding which could conclude with the virtual extermination of the losing side
permanent warfare
bronze alloy of
copper and tin
two extremely important inventions came from this period
the wheel
the plow
bronze age empire
Babylonian empire
largest chariot battle ever fought
kadesh
weapons and tools were nearly the same weight as those of bronze, but stronger
steel
the iron age give rise
persians