Curated category
Military strategy
- Phase (combat)A phase in combat is usually a period within a military operation of a longer duration. It forms part of a serial chain of logically connected activities…
- EncirclementA force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces. This situation creates a highly dangerous environment for the encircled group.
- Military strategyThe word strategy emerged in the 18th century as a narrow concept known as the art of the general. Before this period, military thinkers viewed war through…
- Attrition warfareThe Latin word attritio means to wear down or rub against. This etymology captures the grinding nature of a strategy that seeks to collapse an opponent…
- FortificationA fortification is a military construction built to defend territory in war, and to hold rule over a region in peacetime.
- MilitarismMilitarism is the belief or desire of a government that a state should maintain strong military capabilities. It also involves using those forces…
- Strategic goal (military)A strategic military goal defines the desired end-state of a war or campaign. It usually entails a strategic change in an enemy's military posture…
- Trench warfareThe year 1846 saw the construction of Ruapekapeka Pā, an elaborate fortified position built by the Ngāpuhi people in New Zealand.
- Deterrence theoryIn 1966, Thomas Schelling published a book titled Arms and Influence that redefined how scholars understood the use of threats in international relations.
- Grand strategyIn 1967, British military historian B. H. Liddell Hart published a definition that would shape decades of strategic thought.
- BlitzkriegThe word blitzkrieg first appeared in a German military periodical called Deutsche Wehr in 1935. It described quick or lightning warfare but had no…