Augusto Pinochet Ugarte led the country of Chile for 17 years (1973-1990) and used torture, repression, and even political killings to keep a firm hold on power. His tactics show a clear example of state sponsored terrorism. Pinochet’s rule is a highly interesting one because of his outright use of terrorism to maintain control and …
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Throughout history there has been a focus on various campaigns, battles and wars. Each of these has their definition and place within military history. A campaign is a long term, large scale military operation that incorporates multiple battles and is usually a part of a larger scale conflict (a war). Campaigns have an end goal, …
Continue reading Campaigning to Victory: The End of An Era? A bit on the “theory” of campaigns
Some of my friends asked me why I keep this site "clean". There isn't a lot of cursing and I don't try to keep up with the kardashians or pick arguments with e-celebs. To me, there is no point. I try to have the controversy and interest come from what I write in my articles, …
Military doctrine, strategy and tactics are usually honed over the course of years, and carefully decided by experts. Developing a successful doctrine and strategy takes years of effort and time, and having a coherent doctrine to work from makes managing and running an Army a whole lot easier. In other words, you need to spend …
Continue reading Overthinking or Underthinking; The problems of doctrine, planning and execution
I don't really think it's a groundbreaking argument I'm about to make here, but I believe that throughout history different militaries, commanders and generals have had great success just because they had an Army that broke down on organizational lines that better suited their situation. It's a pretty simple concept, which is probably why someone much …
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Steel and Stylus 