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| Question | Answer |
| When was NSC68? | April 1950 |
| What was the jump in defence spending with NSC68? | $14mil to $44mil |
| What is the acronym for what strategy depends on? | JURI |
| What does JURI stand for? | Judgement, Uncertainty, Rationality, Interdepedence |
| What two things does formulating strategy depend on? | Your own capabilities, and your enemy being a rational actor |
| What is acronym for remembering what Military Technique is? | CMT |
| What is Military Technique? (CMT) | Concepts, Methods, Training |
| What does Stone say Military Technique can do? | Mitigate friction |
| What is Edward Luttwak's quote on Military Technique? | Conspicuously successful military-technical developments tend to galvanise equally successful counter-measures. |
| What is Military Technique not a substitute for? | Judgement |
| What did Colin Gray say about formulating strategy, in regards to interdependence? | It is easier to theorise about new ways of prevailing than to speculate honestly and imaginatively about possible enemy responses and initiatives |
| What is Thomas Schelling's analogy for a Limited War? | A successful employees’ strike is not one that destroys the employer financially, it may even be one that never takes place. Something similar could true of war |
| What did Von Moltke say about the link between strategy and politics? | Strategy serves politics best by working for its aim, but by retaining maximum independence in the achievement of this aim. Politics should not interfere with operations. |
| What is Total War? | Total war is a war in which a belligerent engages in the complete mobilization of fully available resources and population |
| What did Rosen say Limited War is for? | In limited war, military force isn’t about fighting, it’s about signalling |
| Who came up with 4th Generation Warfare? | William Lind |
| What is 4th Generation Warfare? | Decentralised wars, probably state vs NSA. State loses Monopoly on war |
| What is Full Spectrum Operations? | A mixture of offensive, defensive, stability, and civil support |
| What is The Comprehensive Approach | An approach involving the political, civilian, and military instruments of problem solving |
| Hajo Holborn’s | \What? |
| What does Stone say strategy is? | The instrumental link between military means and intended political end |
| What did Colin Gray say about creating strategy? | Easier to come up with strategies than to predict enemy reactions |
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