HIST 2102H Study Guide - Winter 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Conscription, Battle, Total War
29 Mar 2019
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Intro to war and society: military principles, theory, history: war has had a huge impact on society, society also influenced war in social, economic, ideological, and technological spheres. Principles of war and military theories: main terminology and ideas, some principal theorists of warfare, "in theory, communism works - in theory. " Lawrence (1888-1935: use of irregular warfare to achieve strategic aims, attacks on railways to isolate turkish force in medina, made turkish forces impotent, unable to move. Soviet revolutionary warfare: an example of the social and ideological effects on warfare (and vice versa) read: sun tzu, mao tse-tung, osama bin laden. Infantry: flintlock musket with bayonet - muskets were powerful but not accurate: rifle: slow-loading, no bayonet. Prussian drill: change direction and front at the same time, shift formation over broken terrain, fire by platoon, "marching and shooting machine, highly precise and automatic.
