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A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "war games". [1] The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific objectives typically seek to regain lost ground or destroy the attacking enemy (this may take the form of an opposing sports ...
The cost of conflict methodology takes into account different costs a conflict generates, including economic, military, environmental, social, and political costs.The approach considers direct costs of conflict, for instance, human deaths, expenses, destruction of land and physical infrastructure; as well as indirect costs that impact a society, for instance, migration, humiliation, the growth ...
Expediency – War is a matter of expedients – von Moltke; Fog, friction, chance – War is characterized by fog, friction, and chance; Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu; Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz
Even in untouched areas, the lack of maintenance and repair, the absence of new equipment, the heavy overuse, and the relocation of equipment by the Confederacy from remote areas to the war zone ensured that the system would be ruined at war's end. [16] The enormous cost of the Confederate war effort took a high toll on the South's economic ...
Battle of Issus, a classic example of the single envelopment; Attack from a defensive position: Establishing a strong defensive position from which to defend and attack your opponent (e.g., Siege of Alesia and the Battle of the Granicus). However, the defensive can become too passive and result in ultimate defeat.
The cost of the conflict between Israel and Hamas has been monstrous and tragic. As we hope that this phase of it will start to come to an end on Sunday, we have tried to sum up the price in lives ...
An effects-based approach to operations was first applied in modern times in the design and execution of the Desert Storm air campaign of 1991. The principal author of the daily attack plans—then Lt Colonel, now retired Lt General David A. Deptula—used an effects-based approach in building the actual Desert Storm air campaign targeting plan ...
Not only did World War II come with a devastating cost of life, but it was also the most expensive battle in U.S. history — totaling $4.7 trillion. Thankfully, no U.S. conflict since has cost as ...