Mao Tse-Tsung, How Does One Develop a Essay

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Mao Tse-tsung, how does one develop a correct war-Fighting strategy?

One of Mao's major points is that one has to know the actual results and circumstances based on the actions devised and executed. Also, Mao asserted that the primary purpose of war strategy and war in general is stopping the war. He also asserted that the supreme commander of a war must understand the war and how it's being executed but the same is true for the different parts of the war efforts that are led by generals and commanders. These lower commanders have to know exactly what is being done and why just like the higher ups must know the same.

Mao offered some general criteria that can and should be followed when devising a war strategy. First, proper considerations should be given to the relationship between the army you are directing and the enemy that is at hand. The next one is a proper consideration of the battle front as well as the battle rear. A look at special considerations and factors of a given war even should be taken fully into account. The factors and parts that have the most direct bearing on any potential outcome need to be identified and defined. Lastly, there needs to be a clear relationship between each actual or potential stage of the war effort.


Mao was keen on amassing all possible reasonable allies and only eschewing people that truly could not be harnessed as allies. He held that a centralized command was generally a good idea but it should not be entirely that way. In other words, the command should not be entirely top-down and has to take feedback from other parts into account. Lastly, Mao's ultimate goal was not to win convincingly, but rather to completely annihilate the enemy as a consequence of winning.

Question 2 - How did the Korean War challenge assumptions about war in the nuclear age?

The generally held fact about nuclear weapons is that they are the end-all, be-all of weaponry. Even though the atom bomb was used, and used particularly on civilians, just a few years prior, the generally held fact was that countries with nuclear weapons generally did not get into wars and other major spats because the nuclear weapons greatly deterred such an action.

In short, the major reason to get nukes is not to use them, but to deter undesirable behaviors through the THREAT of using them. In other words, the presence of the weapons alone is meant as the primary influencer of behavior rather than the use of the weapons themselves.….....

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