WAR THEORY: THE EVOLUTION OF WAR AND MILITARY THOUGHT.
Consider both the nature and character of war in history and in the present. Examine the case study and address the following questions:
Case Study: The Korean War
Reading: Stephen L.Y. Gammons. “The Korean War: The UN Offensive,” U.S. Army Center for
Military History, Publication 19-7 (2000), pp. 1-32.
- How does this campaign illustrate (or not) the enduring ideas of the theorists listed below? Reference at a minimum three or more of the theorists and their ideas and how its applicable to the case study.
- What role, if any, did aspects of human nature, political considerations and/or developments in technology play in the way this campaign unfolded?
- In what ways does this case study reveal insights into what you think future wars may contain? In what ways does this case study differ from what you think future wars might be like? Why?
Theorists:
- Thucydides,
- Antoine-Henri Jomini
- Carl von Clausewitz
- Sun Tzu
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Alfred Thayer Mahan
- J.F.C. Fuller
- Heinz Guderian
- Julian S. Corbett
- Giulio Douhet
- J.C. Slessor
- Thomas C. Schelling
- David Galula
- John R. Boyd
Additional Instructions:
- Format: Follow the paper template provided.
- Length: Your response must not exceed eight, double-spaced pages in length.
- Style: Write answers in standard prose essay format. The paper should use one-inch margins, Times New Roman – 12pt for all text, double spaced, and include page numbers.
- Endnotes: All essays must give credit for the use of other’s ideas, thoughts, and concepts in
the endnotes. Citations are required for both direct quotations and the paraphrasing of material. Endnotes come at the end of the essay and do not count against the page limit.
See AU-1: Air University: Style and Author Guide, Second Edition for guidance on the formatting of endnotes. No bibliography is required.
