The United States Civil War was fought between the states remaining loyal to the Union (predominately states from the North) and those wishing to secede‚ forming a separate nation‚ the Confederate States of America (made up of the southern states). One of the deadliest battles of the war was the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle lasted from July 1‚ 1863 until July 3‚1863. This battle is recognized as the deadliest battle to take place on U.S. soil. In 2011‚ the History Channel made a documentary about
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Calculus in Warfare Introduction Throughout the all of human history‚ one aspect truly stands out as definitive of human political interaction: war. From the story of Abraham militantly freeing his nephew Lot from the hands of a coalition of Mesopotamian kings to modern nuclear war threats between North Korea and the West‚ war has ever been one of the defining characteristics of human society and government. Furthermore‚ each society has specific ideas about war and how to effectively strategize
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what are called skirmish lines and throw‚ lob‚ and fire by other means weapons to cause damage while men were protected by about 4 to 5 feet deep earth. This caused men to fight in rear or echelon columns behind tanks can basically caused defensive fighting tactics resulting in drawn out protracted battles. Technology was the single biggest factor in WW1 being waged the way it was. Military strategy had yet to fully understand how to use recent technological advances (particularly‚ the machinegun
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The Battle of Verdun was one of the bloodiest battles in World War I. What sets it apart from other battles is the brutal tactics that were used by the German army against the French. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers fought through hazardous conditions with artillery raining down on them constantly. This type of warfare is unmatched by the battles and wars that are fought today. This is mostly due to the vast differences in technology and weaponry. The fighting armies back then didn’t have the ability
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Seminar Paper: Policing Strategies and Citizen’s Rights Police agencies in the United States currently focus their attention and efforts in reducing crime rates in high crime neighborhoods. Police agencies do this by implementing strategies and tactics in order to be specialized in the reduction of crime. This mindset of policing has come over time due to a shift from the traditional policing strategy to a more community based policing approach. This transition was a result to the 2008/2009 policing
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advanced artillery. The innovation in gunpowder firepower realised a far-reaching change in infantry tactics to make use of and defend against the new technology. The sixteenth century marked a fundamental shift from anti-personnel small-calibre cannon on board ships to ‘ship-killing’ cannon; this shift has been termed the ‘Dreadnought Revolution’. A consequence of the new technology and the new tactics was a marked increase in the size of a state’s armed forces. In the early modern period there was
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the conflict‚ some of which were brought in during the later years of the war‚ not always at the beginning. These new weapons included poison gas‚ flamethrowers and on a different scale late in the war‚ tanks. These weapons caused older military tactics to become obsolete and created a style of warfare that had never been seen in the world before. The most notable weapon to appear was the most deadly weapon of the 20th century‚ the machine gun. It was designed in America in 1884 by an inventor named
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Morrow Publishers. Christensen‚ Sandra & Kohls‚ John‚ (2003) Ethical Decision Making in Times of Organizational Crisis‚ BUSINESS & SOCIETY‚ Vol. 42 No. 3. Gibb‚ J.R.‚ (1961)‚ Defensive Communication‚ Journal of Communication‚ 11-12‚ 141-148. Johnson‚ Craig E.‚ (2007)‚ Ethics in the Workplace – Tools and Tactics for Organizational Transformation‚ Thousand Oaks‚ CA‚ Sage Publications. Kouzes‚ James M. & Posner‚ Barry Z. (1993)‚ Credibility‚ San Francisco‚ CA. Jossey – Bass
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Jackson did say that all of these reasons accumulated to a French loss. However‚ Jackson states that the invasion in 1940 was primarily a military defeat. The German tactics‚ based on the notion of blitzkrieg‚ were much superior to the French’s doctrine of defense and slow‚ methodical movement on the battlefield. They found themselves utterly confounded by the speed of German maneuvers‚ while their men were shocked by the German air attack and armored penetrations. “The main charge is that the French
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2 No. 13 [Special Issue - July 2011] Defensive and Offensive Strategies for Market Success Dr. Peter Yannopoulos Associate Professor Brock University‚ St. Catharines Ontario‚ Canada‚ L2S 3A1 E-mail: pyannopoulos@brocku.ca Tel: (905) 688-5550 ext. 3909 Abstract In industries in which there is strategic interaction among competing firms‚ companies are continuously involved in defensive and offensive strategies. In this paper we discuss several defensive and offensive strategies that managers can
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