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40 NAVAL KNOWLEDGE

STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS

1. \'Vhat main factors i.lffect a nation's national strategy?
2. A. \'Vhat are the three basic considerations in evaluating an
e:>..1ernal threat?
13. \Vhich is most difficult to ilSSCSS?
3. A. \Vhat are intelligence estimates intended to do?
13. \'Vhy are they so important?
4. \'Vhat are the nine principles of war?
5. \·Vhat is gencral war?
6. \Vhat are the six potential actions that might cause a general
Wi.lr to occur?
7. \Vhat circumstances might cause entanglement of major
powers in a war that could escalate to general war?
The USS New York, LPD~2 1, christened in 2008, \'las built in part
with scrap steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center buildings 8. How are understandings concerning limitations in a limited
attacked by terrorists on II September 2001. tt is the fifth of the war conveyed to the nations afiected?
newest San Antonio-class LPDs, designed for missions that include
specia l operations aga inst terrorists. 9. \Vhat arc the two schools of thought concerning the
introduction of tactical nuclear weapons to the battlefield?
10. How may selective use of force be used to limit wars or reduce
AI Qaeda terrorists caused the coalition led by the United States to
danger of major power confrontations?
oust them from power in 200 1-2.
Revolutionar}' w.1['s are difficult for established regimes to 11. \·Vhyare naval and air operations less risky than ground force
combat. To do so, it is vital that militant C<luses such as the follow- invasion?
ing be eliminated: corruption and crime, unequal treatment and 12. \tVhat is the major difierence between traditional revolutionary
opportunit)' before the law, discrimination against minorities of Will'S, as [ought in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and
any category, economic troubles and unemployment, and a break- modern wars of national liberation?
down in traditions because of lax educational, spiritual, and moral 13. \Vhat was 1\'1ao Tse-tung's concept of modern revolutionary
standards. Even when rebels or terrorists know their initial posi- war?
tion is weak, they can be encouraged by future possibilities and can 14. \Vhat are the three prerequisites for revolution?
become determined to pursue their course.
15. \Vhat new form of warfare hilS emergcd in rccent years?
Terrorism
CRIT ICAL THINKING
Tn recent years another Illore sinister form of warfare has burst
onto the world stage- terrorism. In this form of warfare, a small 1. As mentioned in the text, many of the classic principles of
group of individuals outside the established govern ment attempts Will' are routinely though perhaps unconsciously used in many
to bring about political change by the creation and exploitation of sports to achieve victory. Choose il sport, and describe how
each principle of war is applied to it by winning coaches and
fear. Actions tilken always involve violence or the threat of violence.
teams.
The aim, ,IS in more traditional forms of revolutiOliary war, is to
try to undermine confidence in the government and the legitimate 2. \,Vith the rise of violent extremism worldwide, has the threat
political leadership. The terrorist groups generally have only a lim- of nuclear war ill fact increased or decreased in the modern
world? Explain the rationale for your answer.
ited number of members, and often few resources and not much
firepower. They tend to rely largely 011 spectacular hit-and-run
actions to achieve the,ir objectives. A prime example is, of course, VOCABULARY
the II September 2001 attack 011 New York and \'Vashington, D.c.,
by bin Laden's al~Qaeda plane hijackers. threat evaluation sate haven
intelligence estimate coup de grace
general W,lr pro:>..)' war
limited war