Discussion Board 1 (week 2)
1. What are some of the principal differences between the military theories of Jomini and Clausewitz?
2. Both Sun Tzu and Machiavelli wrote books entitled “The Art of War”. Describe some of the similarities and differences in their approach to military strategy.
3. Which of the four competing visions of Grand Strategy as described in the Posen and Ross article is most descriptive of today? Do you agree that we continue to have an “ad hoc” approach as they concluded in the mid 90’s? Is that a good or a bad thing? Why?
4. In Russell Weigley’s Chapter (15) in Makers of Modern Strategy, he describes the “American Way of War” as developed by our experience in the Revolutionary War, the “Indian Wars” and the US Civil War. He describes these as either wars of attrition or wars of annihilation. Which did Lincoln prefer? Why?
Discussion Guidelines (Read Before Posting)
Please review the discussion board guidelines outlined below. You must follow these guidelines in order to receive full points.
Initial Post:
Your post should be 350-500 words (not including references) and posted by Thursday.
You will not be able to view other students’ posts until you have submitted your initial post.
Please post earlier in the week to allow your classmates time to respond.
Excellence in writing is necessary; graduate-level work is expected.
Use at least one source in each discussion topic, preferably course-assigned texts.
No more than 15% of your overall word count should be direct quotes.
Format your post using APA or Chicago citation style.
USE of AI is strictly prohibited.
References:
-The art of war , Sunzi,
Illustrated edition., New York, New York :, Open Road Integrated Media, 2014., Total pages 1 online resource (96 p.)
– Makers of modern strategy : from Machiavelli to the nuclear age
Paret, Peter.; Craig, Gordon Alexander,; Gilbert, Felix,, Princeton, N.J. :, Princeton University Press, [1986], Total pages vii, 941 pages ;
– On war , Clausewitz, Carl von,
Book Howard, Michael,; Paret, Peter., [Index
– The American way of war : a history of United States military strategy and policy , Weigley, Russell Frank.
Indiana University Press paperback edition., Bloomington :, Indiana University Press, 1977., Total pages xxiii, 584 pages :