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H302 Revolutionary War. Thought for Today…. I like your approach… Now let’s see your departure. Readings for H303. Review H203RA (Douhet) as necessary Paret (Freedman, excerpt ) 750-761 Issues Nuke weapons—aberration or natural progression of trends we have studied all year?
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Thought for Today… I like your approach… Now let’s see your departure
Readings for H303 • Review H203RA (Douhet) as necessary • Paret (Freedman, excerpt ) 750-761 • Issues • Nuke weapons—aberration or natural progression of trends we have studied all year? • Deterrence—what is it, what makes it work?
Radical Liberal Moderate Conservative Reactionary
Radical Liberal Moderate Conservative Reactionary Louis XVI George III Nicolas II Constitutional Monarchy Stamp Act Congress Karinsky Committee of Public Safety Continental Congress Lenin Thermidorian Reaction Napoleon Constitution Stalin
Commonalities: Western and Islamic Cultures • Written language • Phonetic, derived from Phoenician • Religion • Monotheistic • “Prophets” and Holy sites • God outside of nature • Intellectual cross-fertilization with West • Science, mathematics (Middle Ages) • History • 1,000+ years of close interaction (military, commercial) • Contiguous • Conflict can arise from similarities rather than differences
Chinese Cultures • Written language • Characters based on pictographs • Religion • Polytheistic • Gods within nature • Intellectual cross-fertilization with West • Through middlemen (Islamic) • History • 200 years of exploitive interaction • Non-contiguous
Silk Road Uzbekistan China Syria Iran Iraq Afghanistan
“Sounds from Mouth”(yan) 言 Word Saying Language To Speak
“Ten (All Numerals),” “All Directions”(shi) 十 All-inclusive Everything
“Estimations”(chi) Variously translated as: Strategic Assessments Initial Estimations Laying Plans Surveying Calculations Estimates 計 To Speak of All Factors Pronunciation must be memorized—not revealed by the component symbols
Qualities of a General: “Strictness”(yen) Two mouths (intense action of mouth) 嚴 Cavern (Cries that inspire awe; severe, stern, majestic) Hand that provoked the bear Bear (animal) Severe injunction of a superior made with great cries “Get in the cave and attack that bear!” Command Presence
“Anxious, Depressed, Sullen, Dense”(yu) Trees (thicket) Vessel 鬱 To Cover Fancy Decorations on Vessel Sacrificial Wine Hindrances and obstructions within your thinking make you anxious and depressed
Today’s Operational Environment Maoist Features Focoist Features