Modern Theorists III:

Revolutionary War
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Iraqi Freedom, Chapter 2

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 Modern Theorists: Air
- Strategic and Tactical
 Points to remember
– Geiger’s view of air power
– Douhet’s theory
– Non-strategic air proponents
– Interwar and WWII applications of Douhet’s
theories

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 Modern Theorists III:
Revolutionary 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  Guerrilla Warfare
 Coup d’etat  Revolutionary War
 Conventional War
 Unconventional War
 Low intensity conflict

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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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 Historical Examples
– US
 Philippines: Huks
 Vietnam:
– USSR in Afghanistan

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 Issues for Consideration
 Revolutionary  Revolutionary War
Warfare v Coup d’etat and Guerrilla Warfare
 Conditions of  Conventional v
Revolutionary Revolutionary War
Strategy  European Colonialism
 Theories

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 Issues for Consideration
 Comparing Revolutionary Warfare and
Coup d’etat
– Similarities
– Differences
– Unique element

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 Issues for Consideration
 Revolutionary Strategy
– Conditions – Key factors:
 Grievances  Ideology
 Leadership  Flexibility
 Action  Adaptability
 Plan  Patience
 Program  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 d’etat
– 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.

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