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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 15:17:15 GMT
I am not the end all be all on this topic. We have someone or two much more qualified to address the topic than I. That being said I did some work on the subject many years ago. I even dug out some little used terms and translated them into modern verbiage.
Strategy is the" art of the general." Defined as the science and art of military command, exercised to meet the enemy in combat under advantageous conditions. It is distinguished from tactics primarily in scope. As Chuck has said, maybe not in so many words, THE PRINCIPALS OF WAR are the fundamental truths governing the prosecution of war.
Here are some terms(wholly or in part) that may be applied to the LBH for the good or bad:
Concentric Advance Coup De Main Coup D'Oeil Interior Lines Piecemeal Point d'appui Spoiling attack Oblique Order Breakout Demonstration Meeting Engagement
These terms could be used for positive results or negative results and for either side. Or maybe I should just throw them away. Then again maybe we can use them to describe different segments of the battle!
Regards, Tom
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Post by quincannon on Mar 31, 2016 15:49:23 GMT
Strategy and tactics used to be the only terms used, and the ones used at the time of Napoleonic conflict, the ACW, and of course LBH.
That does not mean that Operations, the middle ground was not there. It was. During that period strategy was divided. Grand Strategy was the name for what we now just call strategy or national strategy, the place where DIME forms the four elements of strategy. Operations, the idea that it is separate from strategy was an outgrowth of German thinking, They separated the word strategy into two parts, strategy they reserved for the national level, while inserting the word operations for what had formerly been the lower rung of the two rung ladder of strategy. The Armies of the world have followed the German lead and over the last century created the three legged stool, strategy, operations, tactics. The general public has not caught up with the terminology of armies.
I am sure that all of you will find that as interesting and as vital to your well being as a Saltine cracker. It is now time for my Coup de Breakfast.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 15:56:58 GMT
That was handled with much Coup de Panache!
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 17:24:34 GMT
Glad, you liked that am currently taking from Couping the grass, before I grade the driveway.
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Post by quincannon on Mar 31, 2016 17:48:55 GMT
Coup de Grace - Coup de Grass, the result is much the same, at least for the grass.
Consider this as you massacre all that green stuff on your little bit of heaven plantation there in the epicenter of the known civilized world, Bowling Green.
"To be a VIRGINIAN, either by birth, marriage, adoption, or even one's mothers side is an introduction to any state in the Union, a passport to any foreign country, and a benediction from the Almighty God"
You still can't come to Colorado without my specific written permission, but you are more than welcome in all the other States, Commonwealths, Territories and Possessions, including Guam (especially Guam), and American Samoa.
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Post by dave on Mar 31, 2016 18:10:45 GMT
Have I ever mentioned that I was born in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Norfolk, VA? Regards Dave
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 18:51:01 GMT
Chuck, There is no longer a Virginia north of Fredericksburg or east of a line starting at Williamsburg and ending in Chesapeake, they vote wrong and did I mention they vote wrong. That excludes the VA eastern shore. I in fact floated a plan that would trade MD all of VA north of Fredericksburg for their eastern shore. I have not heard back yet. If I were you I would trade California, Boulder and Denver for Orange County and San Diego.
Regards, Tom
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 18:59:26 GMT
The idea above comes from a new game I am attempting to patent. You all have heard of "Fantasy Football", the new game would be called "Fantasy Gerrymandering." It would develop better quality of life with lower taxes
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Post by quincannon on Mar 31, 2016 20:19:17 GMT
Did I also mention Tom that diversity of thought is also a benediction from the Almighty God, falling just under being a VIRGINIAN in heavenly importance.
No Dave you did not mention it, but that qualifies you. So take off that Old Miss sweatshirt, an don the orange and blue of a Cavalier. Be there or be square.
Obviously Thomas, I neglected to inform you that to us here in Columbineland, D's and R's alike , Boulder is a little known suburb of Kunming, China. The commute is a bitch, but the comrades don't seem to mind.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Mar 31, 2016 21:20:49 GMT
All kidding aside, I know the desired result of the Centennial Campaign, but was the overall strategy ever elucidated. We know the tactics, used by all involved, but I am not sure there was a strategic plan until after August.
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Post by quincannon on Mar 31, 2016 21:30:43 GMT
The desired result which you say you know, was the strategic plan. What was not present until August was a workable operational plan to implement the strategic plan.
Pee Poor. Nothing professional about it. Royal Welsh would have a field day expounding upon it. No clear cut operational objectives, no phasing, no unity of command, and several leaders who did not have the operational ability to poor pee from a boot. To them it was all get in their and mix it up without mental preparation, or more importantly defining what comes next. Operations is a chess game. Chess is not strategy. When you sit down at a chess board you already know your strategic objective, beat the other guy. You then maneuver (operations) until you have the bugger backed into a corner, then you close for the kill (tactics)
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Post by dave on Mar 31, 2016 21:49:54 GMT
QC In June of 2014, my child bride (13 months younger) and I drove to Omaha, Nebraska for the 2014 College World Series where Virginia cheated twice to eliminate Ole Miss from the series. I could not in good conscience wear the aforementioned blue and orange. Also since my lovely bride is a Mississippi born Belle she would certainly be displeased with me if I was so foolish to do as you suggest. Regards Dave
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Post by quincannon on Mar 31, 2016 22:04:52 GMT
Virginia cheated when Stuart rode around McClellan, and the only one that got that got pissed was Philip Saint George Cooke.
There is a valuable lesson to be learned here. Never drive to Omaha, it obviously does not agree with your digestion, and never bet on Philip Saint George Cooke in the great baseball game in the sky.
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Post by BrevetorCoffin on Apr 1, 2016 0:19:17 GMT
QC In June of 2014, my child bride (13 months younger) and I drove to Omaha, Nebraska for the 2014 College World Series where Virginia cheated twice to eliminate Ole Miss from the series. I could not in good conscience wear the aforementioned blue and orange. Also since my lovely bride is a Mississippi born Belle she would certainly be displeased with me if I was so foolish to do as you suggest. Regards Dave She puts up with you why? Of course, i could say the same about my Jersey Girl.
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Post by dave on Apr 1, 2016 0:40:12 GMT
Brother Dave She has stated that after almost 46 years, of being happily married, she has spent too much time and effort shaping and chipping rough edges to give up now. Thank God! She has told everyone if it had not been for her I would be a truck driver meeting bad women in the parking lot. Like she would know but I just humor her. Regards Dave
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