Modern Theorists III: Revolutionary War

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Modern Theorists IIIRevolutionary War

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Iraqi Freedom, Chapter 2
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Modern Theorists Air- Strategic and Tactical

• Points to remember
• Geigers view of air power
• Douhets theory
• Non-strategic air proponents
• Interwar and WWII applications of Douhets
  theories

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Modern Theorists IIIRevolutionary War

• Educational Objectives
• Understand the theory and factors
• Distinguish between revolutionary and
  conventional war
• Comprehend the relationship between revolutionary
  war theory and guerrilla war.
• Understand how a conventional force must adapt to
  a revolutionary war.

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Definitions

• Revolution
• Coup detat

• Guerrilla Warfare
• Revolutionary War
• Conventional War
• Unconventional War
• Low intensity conflict

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Nature of Revolutionary Warfare

• National liberation movement fighting against a
  colonial power.
• Ethnic or religious struggle.
• Struggle based on social and economic conditions.
• Commando actions launched from a neighboring
  country requested by a leadership in exile.
• Nonviolent political mobilization of the people
• Legal/political action
• Strikes
• Agitation
• Terrorism
• Military operations

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Background

• Theorists
• Dilemma
• Post WWII Changes

• Changing Interpretations
• Examples

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Revolutionary War Theorists

• Marx Engels
• Lenin
• Mao
• Guevara

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Revolutionary War Theorists

• Marx Engels
• Economic struggle
• Lenin urban worker
• Marx
• Clausewitz
• Russia

• Mao rural masses
• Sun Tzu
• Clausewitz
• Third World

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Revolutionary War Theorists

• Marx Engels
• Economic struggle

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Revolutionary War Theorists

• Lenin

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Revolutionary War Theorists

• Mao

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Latest Interpretation

• Che Guevara
• Castro and the Cuban Revolution
• The foco

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Revolutionary War

• The traditional theorists
• Sun Tzu
• Clausewitz
• Jomini

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Dilemma

• Conventional forces
• The enemy

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Contexts

• 19th Century Colonial Wars
• Post WWII

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19th Century Colonial Wars

• Britain
• France
• The U.S.

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Post WWII

• Results of WWII
• Decolonization
• Nuclear weapons
• Revolutionary warfare
• Fall of China (1949)
• Wars of national liberation

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Revolutionary Warfare

• French Armed Forces
• Post Vietnam
• guerre revolutionaries
• A counter crusade
• Psychological warfare
• Social and economic action
• Terror and torture

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Revolutionary Warfare

• British response
• Integration of authority
• Emphasis on police authority
• Intelligence
• Administrative measures
• Negotiate

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T.E. Lawrence

• Arab revolt of 1916-19
• Political objectives
• Careful analysis
• Strength versus weakness
• Hit-and-run tactics
• Detachment/secure base
• Intel/Counter intel
• Psychological warfare
• Propaganda
• Given mobility, security, time and sound doctrine
  the insurgent will win.

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Historical Examples

• US
• Philippines Huks
• Vietnam
• USSR in Afghanistan

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Issues for Consideration

• Revolutionary Warfare v Coup detat
• Conditions of Revolutionary Strategy
• Theories

• Revolutionary War and Guerrilla Warfare
• Conventional v Revolutionary War
• European Colonialism

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Issues for Consideration

• Comparing Revolutionary Warfare and Coup detat
• Similarities
• Differences
• Unique element

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Issues for Consideration

• Revolutionary Strategy
• Conditions
• Grievances
• Leadership
• Action
• Plan
• Program

• Key factors
• Ideology
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Patience
• Multi-levels

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Issues for Consideration

• Theories
• Conflict with traditional theories?
• Revolutionary War
• Limited or unlimited?

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Issues for Consideration

• Revolutionary War and Guerrilla Warfare
• Relationship
• Necessity

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Issues for Consideration

• Conventional v Revolutionary War
• Adaptation
• Preparation

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Issues for Consideration

• European Colonialism
• Experience
• Changes
• Post WWII different from
• 19th Century
• Early 20th Century

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Modern Theorists III Revolutionary War

• Points to remember
• Difference between Lenin and Mao
• Difference between
• Revolutionary war and convention war
• Revolutionary war versus coup detat
• Revolutionary war

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Summary

• Revolutionary Warfare
• Terms
• Theories
• Context
• Adaptations

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The 21st Century

• Age of revolutionary war?
• Insurgencies?
• Counter-terrorism

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Revolutionary Warfare

• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Operation Iraqi Freedom

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Final Exam

• E-mail
• Dec 16 Thursday Final Exam
• Dec 20 Monday Answer in e-mail
• Bring in unopened exam in Jan05.