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Civilian military leaders. President Abraham Lincoln was Commander-in-Chief of the Union armed forces throughout the conflict; after his April 14, 1865 assassination, Vice President Andrew Johnson became the nation's chief executive. [ 1] Lincoln's first Secretary of War was Simon Cameron; Edwin M. Stanton was confirmed to replace Cameron in ...
Print ( Hardcover, Paperback, E-Book) Pages. 42. ISBN. 978-1-61720-215-5. A Message to Garcia is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, expressing the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. The essay's primary example is a dramatized version of a daring escapade performed by an American soldier ...
Basic Leader Course. The Basic Leader Course ( BLC ), [ 1][ 2] formerly the Warrior Leader Course ( WLC) and Primary Leadership Development Course (PLDC ), is the first course of study in the US Army noncommissioned officer Professional Development System (NCOPDS). BLC is a month-long course that trains specialists and corporals in the ...
Leonard Wong. Leonard Wong (born 30 December 1958) [1] is a Research Professor of Military Strategy (Human and Organizational Dimensions) in the Strategic Studies Institute at the U.S. Army War College, who focuses on the human and organizational dimensions of the military, [2] and is a published author on leadership strategy.
The Military Memoirs of General John Pope. The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. ISBN 978-0-8078-2444-3. Schutz, Wallace J. and Walter N. Trenerry. Abandoned by Lincoln: A Military Biography of John Pope. Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
Principles of war are rules and guidelines that represent truths in the practice of war and military operations. The earliest known principles of war were documented by Sun Tzu, c. 500 BCE, as well as Chanakya in his Arthashastra c. 350 BCE. Machiavelli published his "General Rules" in 1521 which were themselves modeled on Vegetius ' Regulae ...
Tactic is usually implemented through surging at the enemy after their attack. Counterforce – A strategy used in nuclear warfare of targeting military infrastructure (as opposed to civilian targets) Countervalue – The opposite of counterforce; targeting of enemy cities and civilian populations. Used to distract the enemy.
According to a study of South Korea, the military is responsible for enacting the policy and decisions handed down from the government. This is dependent on the civil government maintaining a strong grip on the power to enact binding decision and the military following these decisions in the agreed approach. Civil control is the authority of a ...