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Form of conflict that could happen after a massive nuclear exchange
Broken-backed war theory is a form of conflict that could happen after a massive nuclear exchange. Assuming that all participants have not been annihilated
Broken-backed_war_theory
Criminological theory
In criminology, the broken windows theory states that visible signs of crime, antisocial behavior and civil disorder create an urban environment that
Broken_windows_theory
2024 video game
along with gunplay still being refined. GamingBolt: 70/100 Broken-backed war theory World War III Extraction Shooter Nuclear Winter Romano, Sal (8 August
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Military conflict that deploys nuclear weaponry
mechanical failure. Air Force Global Strike Command Basic Encyclopedia Broken-backed war theory Global catastrophic risk International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing
Nuclear_warfare
Doctrine about when a war is ethically just
The just war theory (Latin: bellum iustum) is a doctrine, also referred to as a tradition, of military ethics that aims to ensure that a war is morally
Just_war_theory
Antisemitic conspiracy theory promulgated in Germany after World War I
conspiracy theory that was widely believed and promulgated in Germany after 1918. It maintained that the Imperial German Army did not lose World War I on the
Stab-in-the-back_myth
1832 treatise by von Clausewitz
essential to Clausewitz's theory: War must never be seen as having any purpose in itself but should be seen as a political instrument: "War is not merely a political
On_War
Long-term strategy employed by a nation to further its interests
of war that different types of wars (e.g. offensive wars, defensive wars, wars of expediency, wars with/without allies, wars of intervention, wars of
Grand_strategy
Concept in military and political science
History of War Profits in America (PDF). University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2020-9. Rosen, Steven (1973). "Chapter 1: Testing the Theory of the Military-Industrial
Military–industrial_complex
Study of the theories of war and warfare
Military theory is the study of the theories which define, inform, guide and explain war and warfare. Military theory analyses both normative behavioral
Military_theory
Physical combat at close range
CQB was broken following the experiences of urban warfare and close-quarters battles in the 1990s, during the Battle of Mogadishu, the Bosnian War, and the
Close-quarters_battle
Italo-Ethiopian War weapons(Ethiopia) List of Second Italo-Ethiopian War(Italy) List of Spanish Civil War weapons(Republican) List of Spanish Civil War weapons(Nationalist)
Lists_of_weapons
Military tactic
Vietnam War and Sino-Vietnamese War, the Iranian Basij during the Iran–Iraq War, and the Russian Ground Forces and its allies in the Russo-Ukrainian War. Human
Human_wave_attack
Conditions of states resorting to war
just war theory. Just war theory states that war should only be condoned under 'just' conditions. Jus ad bellum simply limits the causes for which war can
Jus_ad_bellum
Approach to warfare
forces used combined arms as a method of winning battles and furthering a war leader or king's long-term goals. Some historians claim that during the Middle
Combined_arms
Clandestine preparations started by governments for anticipated invasions
pre-prepared hides. Stay-behind operations of significant size existed during World War II. The United Kingdom put in place the Auxiliary Units. Partisans in Axis-occupied
Stay-behind
Military strategy
disputed by some historians. Edward Luttwak used the term to describe his theory of the defensive strategy employed by the Late Roman army in the 3rd and
Defence_in_depth
Military strategy of wearing down the enemy
victory Loss Exchange Ratio Maneuver warfare New generation warfare Flypaper theory (strategy) Mexican standoff No-win situation Winner's curse Win-win game
Attrition_warfare
Moving refugees to cause political issues
the First Congo War, when RPF-supported rebels invaded Zaire. The Russo-Georgian War was between Georgia, Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed
Weaponized_migration
Factor that gives military assets the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it
from adjacent units. A different paradigm was one of the results of the theories of John Boyd, the "high-low mix" in which a large number of less expensive
Force_multiplication
Military strategy favoring a war of attrition
frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and misdirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side
Fabian_strategy
in Military Theory (New ed.). Wildside Press. pp. 49–52. ISBN 9781587152481. Retrieved December 10, 2016. Doughty, Robert. "Weather in War". The History
List_of_military_tactics
Units with transport and combat vehicles
troops with space for 30 but the war ended before the order was complete and they could be used. Towards the end of World War I, all the armies involved were
Mechanized_infantry
Russian theory of unconventional warfare
Война нового поколения, romanized: Voyna novogo pokoleniya) is a Russian theory of unconventional warfare which prioritizes the psychological and people-centered
New_generation_warfare
Any non-standard military organization
Civil War, the Second Boer War, Liberation war of Bangladesh, Vietnam War, the Syrian Civil War and especially the Eastern Front of World War II where
Irregular_military
Intense armed conflict
the state made war", saying that wars have led to creation of states which in their turn perpetuate war. Tilly's theory of state formation is considered
War
Brief excursion of one military unit from a strongpoint
Thomas Jones, analyzing a number of sieges carried out during the Peninsular War (1807–1814), wrote: The events of these sieges show that a bold and vigorous
Sortie
Military strategy seeking total destruction of an enemy's military capacity
had too much firepower and too much defensive depth to be broken by assault. Since World War I, the paradigm of armies maneuvering in the empty countryside
Battle_of_annihilation
Conflict prompted by individuals claiming rightful leadership of a monarchy
The Succession Wars (1980), a wargame set in the BattleTech universe The Successions, civil wars over the monarchy of Andor[broken anchor] in The Wheel
War_of_succession
Military exercise of authority by a commanding officer over assigned forces
Carl H.; Bankes, Steven C.; Nordin, Richard (1999). Command Concepts – A Theory Derived from the Practice of Command and Control (PDF) (Report). RAND. ISBN 0-8330-2450-7
Command_and_control
Fighting without ranged weapons
weapons such as chairs or table legs. During the Second World War, Fairbairn was brought back to Britain, and, after demonstrating the effectiveness of his
Hand-to-hand_combat
Act of forceful subjugation
Conquest involves achieving control of another entity's territory through war or coercion. Historically, conquests occurred frequently in the international
Conquest
Military arms and supplies
Offensive Scorched earth Grand strategy Asymmetric Blockade Broken-backed Class Cold war Colonial Conquest Containment Divide and conquer Economic Endemic
Materiel
War between two states in open confrontation
security-related, or otherwise) once normal discourse has broken down. Most modern wars have been conducted using conventional means. Confirmed use
Conventional_warfare
Use of force or threat of war focused for political purposes
built to fight the "last war" (previous war) and hence have huge armored and conventionally configured infantry formations backed up by air forces and navies
Military_strategy
Type of armed conflict between two states or non-state actors
England's turmoil of the Wars of the Roses from their victory as a proxy, siding with the Lancastrians against the Yorkists who were backed by the Burgundian
Proxy_war
Forced entry by a polity into another polity's territory
that the garrisons can interdict the supply lines of the invaders. The theory behind these spaced forts is that the invader cannot afford to bypass these
Invasion
Type of military tactics and operational warfare
the Philippines, sea raids (mangayaw) and land wars (mangubat), were regular seasonal activities by warring polities, particularly among the Visayans. Participating
Raid_(military)
Giving up control over territory or resources to another power
defeat in battle. A sovereign state may surrender following defeat in a war, usually by signing a peace treaty or capitulation agreement. A battlefield
Surrender_(military)
Use of digital attacks against a state
cyber-war effort". bbc.com. 21 February 2017. Ajir, Media; Vailliant, Bethany (2018). "Russian Information Warfare: Implications for Deterrence Theory". Strategic
Cyberwarfare
Armed conflict ending with no peace treaty
1991–92 South Ossetia War and the 1992–93 War in Abkhazia, followed by the Russo-Georgian War of August 2008, have left the Russian-backed republics of South
Frozen_conflict
War between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly
casualty ratio Counter-insurgency Counter-terrorism Foco theory Fourth-generation warfare Free War Grey-zone (international relations) Guerrilla warfare
Asymmetric_warfare
Theory of military strategy
Carment, David; Belo, Dani (9 June 2020). "Gray-zone Conflict Management: Theory, Evidence, and Challenges". www.airuniversity.af.edu. Air Force University
Hybrid_warfare
Military operations in mountains and rough terrain
Hindu Kush back to India. Mountain warfare came to the fore once again during World War I, when some of the nations that were involved in the war had mountain
Mountain_warfare
Poland in World War II. In principle, conspiracy theories might not always be false, and their validity depends on evidence as for any theory. However, they
List_of_conspiracy_theories
Light infantry or light cavalry soldier
their skirmish war tactics and offered their services as mercenaries more than once in the Greek civil wars in ancient times. In the Punic Wars, despite the
Skirmisher
Long-term military strategy plan within a war
strategy – collective name for planning the conduct of warfare. War cycles – the theory that wars happen in cycles. Military decorations Campaign medal – a
Military_campaign
Abandonment of military duty without authorization
December 2022, Kazakhstan deported back to Russia a Russian officer who was trying to avoid the Russo-Ukrainian war. Russian independent media outlet Mediazona
Desertion
Military movement of ground forces by air into combat or unsecured areas
the use of military gliders. During World War II many assaults were done by military gliders. The World War Two era German Fallschirmjäger, Brandenburgers
Air_assault
Infantry riding horses instead of marching
mobility include the Genoese crossbowmen, the Mapuche during the Arauco War, and Viking raiders who would gather all the horses they could find in the
Mounted_infantry
Electronic warfare launched by Iranian military forces
Cyberwarfare is a part of the Iranian government's "soft war" military strategy. Being both a victim and wager of cyberwarfare, Iran is considered an
Cyberwarfare_and_Iran
Combat that occurs during the hours of darkness
Empire: The Hundred-Year War For Africa's Gold Coast. Simon and Schuster. p. 261. ISBN 9781451603736. Gordon L. Rottman (2013). World War II River Assault Tactics
Night_combat
Opposite of conventional warfare
"Manpower and Atomic War," which Edward Fitzpatrick referred to as "the next kind of war- technological war, machine war, or atomic war." Using soft power
Unconventional_warfare
law enforcement see MIDLIFE Expediency – War is a matter of expedients – von Moltke Fog, friction, chance – War is characterized by fog, friction, and chance
List of military strategies and concepts
List_of_military_strategies_and_concepts
Expansion of a project beyond its initial goals
concerning the United Nations peacekeeping mission during the Somali Civil War. The first two articles to use the term in the Washington Post were both
Mission_creep
Person specializing in combat or warfare
years ago, the gap between the rulers and the ruled had increased. Making war to extend the outreach of their territories, rulers often forced men from
Warrior
Theory in the history of war
Revolutionary War Anglo-Spanish War Carnatic wars Crimean War English Civil War First Anglo-Maratha War First Anglo-Sikh War First Italian War of Independence
Generations_of_warfare
Type of military victory
Bretnor, Reginald (February 1, 2001). Decisive Warfare: A Study in Military Theory (New ed.). Wildside Press. pp. 49–52. ISBN 9781587152481. Retrieved December
Decisive_victory
Police organization part of the military of a state
The 50 personnel of the Gendarmerie of the Safety of Nuclear Armaments, backed by 250 members of the Mobile Gendarmerie monitor all the nuclear armaments
Military_police
Theory, method, and practice of producing military capability
with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing
Military_science
Warring party to military conflict
in combat. The term comes from the Latin bellum gerere (meaning "to wage war"). Unlike the use of belligerent as an adjective meaning "aggressive", its
Belligerent
Company providing armed combat or security services
special forces soldiers for around 3000–4000 foreign recruits. The ad was backed by Abu Dhabi-based Manar Military Company (MMC), which is run by a former
Private_military_company
Use of ski-equipped troops in war
Ski warfare is the use of ski-equipped troops in war. Ski warfare is first recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in the 13th century. During
Ski_warfare
Symbolic expressions of combat scenarios
New Guinea. Communal societies are well capable of escalation to all-out wars of annihilation between tribes. Thus, in Amazonas, there was perpetual animosity
Ritual_warfare
Group of vehicles traveling together
"Anglo-American Naval Differences During World War I." Military Affairs: The Journal of Military History, Including Theory and Technology (1980): 75–81. in JSTOR
Convoy
Alliance between different states with the purpose to cooperate militarily
Lanoszka, Alexander (2018). "Tangled up in rose? Theories of alliance entrapment and the 2008 Russo-Georgian War". Contemporary Security Policy. 39 (2): 234–257
Military_alliance
Strip of land between wartime trenches
ground for refuse between fiefdoms. It is commonly associated with World War I to describe the area of land between two enemy trench systems, not controlled
No_man's_land
Organized description of an armed force
On War. Contributor F. N. Maude, Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2004 ISBN 0-7607-5597-3 Morrison, J.N.L. (2014). "Intelligence in the Cold War". Cold War History
Order_of_battle
Location of a battle
of certain battlefields as sites of historic importance. Modern military theory and doctrine has, with technological advances in warfare, evolved the understanding
Battlefield
US Army strategy concept (1982 – late 1990s)
rear areas and destabilize the entire defensive position. As the Vietnam War wound down, the US Army started studying their organization and structure
AirLand_Battle
Military term for surrounding an enemy position
during the initial stages of the Peloponnesian War in 429 BC. Julius Caesar in his Commentaries on the Gallic War describes his textbook use of the circumvallation
Investment_(military)
Deployment of a state's military to fight abroad
famous achievement at the outbreak of the Second Punic War marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into
Expeditionary_warfare
Civil War, and are still a subject of study within Russian military academies today. They were an important source of development in military theory, and
Red Army tactics in World War II
Red_Army_tactics_in_World_War_II
Military tactic
can support B, but unit B cannot support unit A. For example, during World War I, when horse cavalry was still in use to some extent, aircraft could support
Defeat_in_detail
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine since 2014 A total of 456 international volunteers from as many as 35 countries participated in the Croatian War of
List_of_foreign_volunteers
Management personnel of a military unit
British system, staff are outranked by command officers. The staff cannot in theory (and largely in practice) say "no" to a subordinate unit; only the commander
Staff_(military)
Ongoing conflict since 2014
the following years. The Donbas war became a static conflict likened to trench warfare; ceasefires were repeatedly broken, but the frontlines did not move
Russo-Ukrainian_war
Permanent army composed of full-time career soldiers or conscripts
War and Peace. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-275-94640-1. Zhao, Dingxin (2015-10-16). The Confucian-Legalist State: A New Theory of
Standing_army
Warfare in urban areas
and Jenin. In Nablus, the Paratroopers Brigade and the Golani Brigade, backed by reservist armour force and combat engineers with armoured Caterpillar
Urban_warfare
Complete control in air warfare
positing that future wars would be decided in the skies. At the time, mainstream military theory did not see air power as a war-winning tactic. Douhet's
Air_supremacy
Area subject to an ambush in a battle
ISBN 0-8117-3195-2. Rottman, Gordon L. (2008). The US Army in the Vietnam War 1965–73. Battle Orders. Vol. 33. Osprey Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-84603-239-4
Kill_zone
Military strategy focused on movement
enemy lines. The retired officer and military theory author Robert Leonhard summarizes maneuver warfare theory as "preempt, dislocate, and disrupt" the enemy
Maneuver_warfare
Artillery tactic
shells, but may also be shrapnel, smoke, illumination, poison gas (in World War I), or potentially other chemical agents. Barrages are in contrast with concentrated
Barrage_(artillery)
Umbrella term for maritime issues
framework of practice theory enables to analyse what kind of activities are actually conducted in the name of security. Practice in this theory is seen as patterns
Maritime_security
Chinese strategy
and that braziers be lit to guide his retreating army back to safety. One officer beat a large war drum, seeking to add encouragement to the returning men
Empty_Fort_Strategy
Doctrine of military strategy
spiteful attitude Deterrence theory – Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons Game theory – Mathematical models of
Mutually_assured_destruction
Application of technology for use in warfare
a lesser extent. War colleges developed, as military theory became a specialty; cadets and senior commanders were taught the theories of Jomini, Clausewitz
Military_technology
Naval warfare conducted by submarines
Since the Second World War, several wars, such as the Korean War, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Falklands War and the 2026 Iran War have involved limited
Submarine_warfare
Wartime situation in which a force or target is surrounded by enemy forces
example. During the Winter War, Finland used "pocket tactics" against the Soviet Union, called motti; in the context of war, motti describes a tactic that
Encirclement
Wheeled armoured fighting vehicle
gained popularity worldwide during World War II and was especially favored in nations where reconnaissance theory emphasized passive observation over combat
Armored_car_(military)
Formulae for relative strengths of military forces
Mathematical Theories behind the Dreadnought Battleship Naval Weapons of the World Dupuy, Col T N (1979). Numbers, Predictions and War. Macdonald and
Lanchester's_laws
Categorization of conflict between nations
War amongst the people War cycles – the theory that wars happen in cycles War on drugs "The Changing Face of War: Into the Fourth Generation", Marine Corps
Fourth-generation_warfare
Member of a resistance movement
October 1944, EAM/ELAS’s attempt to seize control clashed with British-backed EDES and government forces. This erupted into the Dekemvriana (December
Partisan_(military)
Principle of war
Clausewitz's Vom Krieg (On War) J.F.C. Fuller's The Nine Principles of War. Col. John Boyd's OODA loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act) theory. Handel, Michael
Economy_of_force
All-out attack to break enemy lines
volley and then give a loud cheer and charge. During the Second Italian War of Independence, the French Army used shock tactics to overcome the superior
Shock_tactics
Infantry transported by motor vehicles
extensively by the Army and Marine Corps in the Gulf War, Early War in Afghanistan, and Early Iraq War. The latter two conflicts resulted in a large scale
Motorized_infantry
Infantry bypassing strongpoints
German developments having the most impact, both during the war and afterwards. As far back as the 18th century, Prussian military doctrine stressed maneuver
Infiltration_tactics
Weapons fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force
within tracer burnout (the range at which tracer rounds are visible). World War I marked a steep change because of the development of artillery techniques
Suppressive_fire
Military organisation composed of ex-service civilians
reduce its peacetime military expenditures and maintain a force prepared for war. During peacetime, reservists typically serve part-time alongside a civilian
Military_reserve_force
list of bloodless wars: The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars: Cold War: unknown number of killed Cod Wars: one man killed
List_of_bloodless_wars
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