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A 6 page address to six specific questions on US foreign policy and how it has evolved over time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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views applicable today? Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz wrote "On War" in the early nineteenth century. Clausewitzs views, however, are still embraced
by many modern military strategists. Indeed, Clausewitzs concepts frame Western military doctrine, strategy, and organization. Clausewitz emphasized the importance of such factors as politics and economics in determining
not just when a war will be fought but also the outcome of that war. Statecraft is all about structuring oneself appropriately and taking the steps that are needed
to accomplish ones goals and objectives. In other words, statecraft is doing everything that is necessary to protect ones self interest. Clauswitz emphasized that war was something that
could be used to force ones opponent into complying with ones wishes. War then is a tool of statecraft. The intent can be to gain something from the
enemy or simply to bring him to the point that he is no longer a threat. The country with the best resources, i.e. the country that has structured itself
appropriately and that has taken whatever steps are needed to accomplish goals and objectives, wins at war and the country that has not loses.
2) What are the differences in how Mahan and Corbett viewed the projection of national power at sea?
Julian S. Corbett and Alfred Thayer Mahan formulated their theories on maritime strategy around the turn of the twentieth century. Both of these men
considered naval warfare a critical component of national policy. Mahan regarded fleet battle as a particularly important component of national power and believed that nations should build fleets of
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