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	Military strategy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Military strategy was one of a triumvirate of "arts" or "sciences" that govern the conduct of warfare; the others being tactics, the execution of plans and manœuvering of forces in battle, and logistics, the maintenance of an army.
		The strategy he formulated was the Schlieffen Plan, defending in the east while concentrating for a decisive victory in the west, after which the Germans would go on to the offensive in the east.
		The problem with attrition was that the use of fortified defenses in depth generally required a ratio of ten attackers to one defender for any reasonable chance of victory.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_strategy (4139 words)

	Fabian strategy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition.
		This strategy derives its name from Quintus Fabius Maximus, the Roman dictator given the thankless task of defeating the great general of Carthage, Hannibal, in southern Italy during the Second Punic War (218-202 BC).
		The strategy was in part ruined because of a lack of unity in the command of the Roman army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fabian_strategy (858 words)

	Attrition warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Attrition warfare is a strategic concept which states that to win a war, one's enemy must be worn down to the point of collapse by continuous losses in personnel and materiel.
		The most well-known example of this strategy was during World War I on the Western Front.
		In the sense that attrition warfare represents an attempt to grind down an opponent through superior numbers, it represents the opposite of the usual principles of war, where one attempts to achieve decisive victories through maneuver, concentration of force, surprise, and so forth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Attrition_warfare (382 words)

	International Relations:Military Strategy - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		One notable exception to Napoleon's strategy of annihilation and a precursor to trench warfare were the w:Lines of Torres Vedras during the Peninsular campaign.
		The practice of strategy was advanced by generals such as w:Robert E. Lee, w:Ulysses S. Grant and w:William T. Sherman, all of whom had been influenced by the feats of Napoleon (Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was said to have carried a book of Napoleon's maxims with him).
		The strategy he formulated was the w:Schlieffen Plan, defending in the east while concentrating for a decisive victory in the west, after which the Germans would go on to the offensive in the east.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/International_Relations:Military_Strategy (3499 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		A strategy of attrition would work to switch that relationship so that fewer new people come in, more existing illegals leave the illegal population, and we have an annual decrease.
		And none of this means that a new attrition strategy, a downsizing strategy, wouldn't include a significant increase in deportations.
		Attrition demands not only incentives to get illegals to deport themselves, and not only efforts to detain people trying to get in, but the corollary of that is not instituting policies that would spark even more illegal immigration.
	www.cis.org /articles/2005/back605transcript.html (7561 words)

	War of Attrition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the military strategy, see Attrition warfare, for the game theoretical model see War of attrition (game).
		The War of Attrition (Hebrew: מלחמת ההתשה) was a limited war fought between Egypt and Israel from 1968 to 1970.
		It was initiated by Egypt as a way to recapture the Sinai from Israel, which had controlled it since the Six-Day War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/War_of_Attrition (1509 words)

	Center for Immigration Studies
		This strategy of attrition is not a pipe dream, or the idle imaginings of a policy wonk.
		A strategy of attrition would seek to reverse this relationship, so that the outflow from the illegal population is much larger than the number of new illegal settlers from abroad.
		None of this means that a new strategy of attrition wouldn't include a significant increase in deportations.
	www.cis.org /articles/2005/back605.html (3305 words)

	Theory & Practice: Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Above all, Comrade Kautsky has not noticed that his current theory destroys his earlier theory of the "strategy of attrition." At the center of the "strategy of attrition" stands an allusion to the coming Reichstag elections.
		In my first reply I tried to show that in reality the "strategy of attrition" amounted to "Nothing-But-Parliamentarianism." Now Comrade Kautsky himself confirms this in elaborating his theories.
		A brutal provocation by the police, a massacre at a demonstration could greatly heighten the masses' agitation and sharpen the situation: yet it obviously could not be that "great occasion" which would abruptly overturn the entire economic and political structure of Germany.
	www.marxists.org /archive/luxemburg/1910/theory-practice/ch03.htm (610 words)

	Chapter XI: On Controlling The War
		Usually maneuver, attrition, interdiction, and direct attacks on the enemy's base have been combined, according to the nature of the war itself, to gain a victory or a draw.
		In summary, the Vietnamese strategy by 1969 and 1970 was reasonably classical considering the problems posed by political limitations (sanctuary, bombing halt, and so forth), but attrition did assume an important central role.
		This complete strategy was not fully effective until late in the war as it took considerable time to organize some aspects of it.
	www.army.mil /Cmh-Pg/books/Vietnam/Sharpen/ch11.htm (2224 words)

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		There is one archetype of decks that have the most to gain from the events and that is the Attrition deck.
		An Attrition deck always have the means to handle problems occuring cross-table.
		An Attrition deck has the most to win from incorporating Events, but it has to be done with care.
	www.thelasombra.com /sc/attrition_sten.txt (1560 words)

	Docket - Outlandish Lawsuits - October 1999
		Solutions are sought in a strategy of attrition.
		Such a strategy of attrition has appeared in many cases lately.
		Recently, mandatory attorney’s fees were allowed for defendants in the event of the dismissal of "tort" actions under rule 12(b).
	www.cobar.org /docket/doc_articles.cfm?ArticleID=3719 (1073 words)

	Strategic Paralysis: An Air Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Because attrition warfare rarely leads to a quick, decisive victory, it is an unappealing choice for a war strategy.
		Both strategies are linked by some increase in military force or war-fighting capability vis-a-vis an opponent; this increase serves to elevate attrition to annihilation.
		Despite the appeal of a strategy of strategic paralysis, one must be aware that a diminishment of any of the four elements critical to its success--especially technology and aerospace control--could have an adverse effect on the strategy (fig.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/barlow.html (4381 words)

	The War's 'Constructive Component'
		The goal of this search and destroy strategy was the attrition of insurgent forces and their support systems at a rate faster than the enemy could replace them, either by infiltration from North Vietnam or by recruitment internally.
		For Krulak, a strategy of pacification was the only way to succeed, and in 1966 presented his views to Secretary of Defense NcNamara in an attempt to force Westmoreland to adopt a pacification strategy for the whole of South Vietnam.
		But given the similarity of strategy and tactics between the Soviets in Afghanistan and the Americans in Vietnam, perhaps the most effective way to resist reliance on the use of heavy weapons against the civilian population is to not have them available.
	www.library.vanderbilt.edu /central/brush/WarsConstructiveComponent.htm (4538 words)

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		Stein's argument that in the War of Attrition the Egyptian leadership miscalculated the Israeli response and that this miscalculation was the result of motivated biases is not supported by the evidence when the longer term perspective is used.
		In addition, Egypt's strategy was not only to put pressure on the Soviet Union to resupply the Egyptian army with newer weapons, but also to engage the prestige of the Soviet Union as a reliable superpower that stands by its allies and provides them with reliable weapons.
		Second, the Egyptians chose a strategy of attrition in which they had an advantage in firepower, and the ability to absorb costs, but then designed a four-stage plan, which included crossing the canal, which would lead to a general war to liberate the Sinai.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/McNair/mcnair45/m45c1.html (13174 words)

	Vietnam - 1964-1968
		Attrition is the wearing down of the opponent, in military terms, the killing of so many soldiers (and civilians) that the will to fight is lost.
		You have clearly identified attrition as a crucial element of the answer to the question in assignment 2, but you did not fully explore its implications.
		U.S. strategy to accomplish goals--conduct a war of attrition in order to force North Vietnam to the conference table, but LIMIT military actions in order not to inadvertently and seriously provoke China or the Soviet Union and thereby start World War III.
	www.esc.edu /ESConline/Across_ESC/WritersComplex.nsf/3a61b0fa73fb9d7f8525671d0049f39d/e8d04eadcb2c608d852569ee0054ebd0?OpenDocument (2646 words)

	portland imc - 2006.02.08 - Hizbullah, The Strategy of Attrition & 'Israel`s' Options
		The ideal strategy for a nation confronted with a strong enemy that occupies all or part of its land is the indirect strategy which was discussed by several military researchers namely Liddel Hart.
		What indirect strategy induces is the avoidance of any widespread military confrontation with a militarily strong enemy capable of destroying the opponent`s army, its constituents, and infrastructure.
		The indirect strategy is the most appropriate type for the revolutionary strategy which is adopted by forces to liberate their land or work on toppling the system in the country.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2006/02/333615.shtml (2561 words)

	ATTRITION, ANNIHILATION AND THE END OF ISRAEL (Louis Rene Beres) - May 1996
		Military analysts customarily distinguish between wars of attrition and wars of annihilation.
		When these groups have done with their attrition work on Israeli targets, such "peaceful" sponsor states can be expected to join enthusiastically in the Final Battle.
		Recognizing the synergies between these components, Israel's state and nonstate adversaries have learned that attrition is the optimal staging ground for eventual annihilation of the Jewish State.
	www.freeman.org /m_online/may96/beresa.htm (636 words)

	Strategy - Military History Wiki
		The practice of strategy was advanced by generals such as Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman, all of whom had been influenced by the feats of Napoleon (Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was said to have carried a book of Napoleon's maxims with him).
		There was still room for triumphs of strategy of manouever such as Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, but these depended upon an enemy's willingness to not entrench.
		The Cold War was the first time period dominated by the threat of total world annihilation through the use of nuclear weapons, a policy known as mutual assured destruction.
	www.militaryhistorywiki.org /wiki/Strategy (3362 words)

	» Blog Archive » Attrition Through Enforcement Is The Answer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is the strategy underlying the enforcement bill passed in December by the House of Representatives.
		Attrition through enforcement requires no magic wand - just consistent, comprehensive application of the immigration law with the tools available, enabling us to back out of a problem that took many years to develop.
		Such a strategy would have two parts: conventional enforcement at the border and the interior to apprehend and remove illegals, plus what might be called a “firewall” policy, which seeks to prevent illegals from being able to embed themselves in our society.
	www.immigrationwatchdog.com /?p=1119 (674 words)

	Vietnam: We Could Have Won (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Had a Limited Shield/ Pacification Strategy been employed at the outset, it is possible that a viable and enduring peace settlement could have been reached by 1972 and an American defeat in Vietnam could have been averted.
		General Westmoreland's strategy of attrition scripted the Vietnam Conflict as a war of strength, mobility and firepower; yet from Hanoi's perspective, it was nothing less than a war of national will and survival.
		Although the political risks of such a strategy are manifest, the overriding danger of strategic miscalculation would be dramatically diminished when combined with the U.S. policy of Detente with the Chinese and Soviets pursued by Nixon and Kissinger.
	www.censa.net /publications/Vietnam.html (2431 words)

	Attrition Through Enforcement - A Cost-Effective Strategy to Shrink the Illegal - Article - CAIR - Colorado Alliance ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Attrition Through Enforcement - A Cost-Effective Strategy to Shrink the Illegal - Article - CAIR - Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform - concerning environmental and U.S. sustainability, mass immigration, U.S. population stabilization
		A third way is to seek attrition of the illegal population through law enforcement, encouraging illegal aliens to give up and leave of their own accord.
		A new analysis from the Center for Immigration Studies uses a variety of federal government data to demonstrate that such a strategy of attrition, combined with a stronger border security effort such as the administration's Secure Border Initiative (SBI), can significantly reduce the size of the illegal alien population at a reasonable cost.
	www.cairco.org /articles/art2006apr01d.html (784 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: NATO's Cautious Air Strategy Comes Under Fire
		But, largely because of the cautious strategy, the bombing also has failed to slow or disrupt the Yugoslav crackdown on Kosovo's secessionist guerrillas, or to prevent "ethnic cleansing" or forced deportations that have displaced more than 1 million of Kosovo's Albanians.
		NATO military planners insist, however, that the air strategy is working, although they concede it may take longer than first expected to accomplish its objectives.
		They say they are convinced that bombing the entry and exit points into Kosovo from other parts of Serbia, destroying fuel and ammunition depots and severing lines of communication will ultimately force the Yugoslav army and Serbian police and paramilitary units to withdraw from Kosovo and thus clear the way for NATO ground troops.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/airwar051699.htm (2079 words)

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		The Zionist strategy, whose premise was that Israel was not strong enough to overcome Arab hatred and impose peace, has always played for time, in the hope that Israeli readiness to live peacefully with its neighbors will eventually be reciprocated, as the Arabs realize that Israel is here to stay.
		As an all out war is not a good option, sophisticated strategy of attrition, which is congruent with the low-intensity warfare conducted so far, is more suitable for the current predicament.
		Indeed, a central element in the strategy of attrition is the maintenance of a large popular consensus in Israel to support the limited war against the PA. The national unity government, despite the strains from within, facilitates and reflects the remarkable social cohesion of Israeli society in containing the challenges of Palestinian extremism.
	www.biu.ac.il /SOC/besa/efraim_inbar/oped100901.doc (836 words)

	Huachuca Illustrated, vol 1, 1993 Strategy and Tactics: 1910-1939
		American military strategy during the first half of the 20th century was an outgrowth of the Civil War campaigns of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman who brought superior force and resources to bear on the enemy, wearing them down by attrition.
		Weigley as a "strategy of annihilation," the purpose of which was to engage and exterminate the armies and resources of the enemy.
		They stuck to the strategy of annihilation, calling for the defeat of the enemy's army, and prized courage and endurance more than strategic skill.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/comment/huachuca/HI1-06.htm (2447 words)

	Donklephant » Blog Archive » The Reality Of Winning Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The emphasis here is on the Army’s stubborn insistence on pursuing a strategy of attrition, through large-unit operations and heavy firepower, and largely ignoring the political and social dimensions that form the foundation of successful counterinsurgency warfare.
		The result was a high-cost, low-payoff strategy which the Army stuck with until civilian leaders in the defense establishment openly challenged the policy after the Tet Offensive.
		The basic problem is that the United States and its coalition partners have never settled on a strategy for defeating the insurgency and achieving their broader objectives.
	donklephant.com /2005/08/28/the-reality-of-winning-wars (1173 words)

	Air Power and the American Way of War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This was a vision that was built on the basis of the new national security strategy articulated by President Bush in the summer of 1990.
		Second, many Air Force members and supporters are artificially constrained in pursuing asymmetric force strategies by their own lack of knowledge regarding the total capabilities of air power and what it provides the joint force commander.
		Current attrition models that assess the results of force-on-force engagements based on force ratios and territory lost or gained aren't really very relevant to forces employed in accordance with asymmetric strategies.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/af/air_power_and_the_american_.htm (4123 words)

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		The men responsible for planning British strategy were George Germain, Secretary of the Colonies, and Lord North, the Prime Minister.
		This strategy of attrition worked: After Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown, General John Conway, a member of Parliament, introduced a resolution that ended British attempts to impose a solution on its North American colonies by force.
		Green's strategy was to divide his forces and hope that Cornwallis would to do the same.
	ppl.nhmccd.edu /~craigl/06.html (1624 words)

	Minuteman National Blog - CIS Report: Attrition Through Enforcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		According to the government’s own cost estimates, such a strategy requires an additional investment of less than $2 billion, or $400 million per year – an increase of less than 1 percent of the President’s 2007 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security ($42.7 billion).
		Elements of the attrition through enforcement strategy include: mandatory workplace verification of immigration status; measures to curb misuse of Social Security and IRS identification numbers; partnerships with state and local law enforcement officials; expanded entry-exit recording under US-VISIT; increased non-criminal removals; and state and local laws to discourage illegal settlement.
		A strategy of attrition through enforcement could reduce the illegal population by as many as 1.5 million illegal aliens each year.
	minutemanhq.com /b2/index.php/national/2006/04/21/p571 (750 words)

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