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  • Napoleon: The Man and the Method

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Napoleon remains a character of endless fascination, even more than two centuries after his death.  The God of War, as one biographer identified him, conquered much of Europe before his ultimate downfall, and is often counted with Alexander the Great and Caesar as one of the greatest military minds in human history.  This talk will […]

  • Saving the Army: Washington at the Battle of Long Island

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Following the Declaration of Independence from Great Britian, the United States’ Continental Army under the leadership of George Washington attempted to defend New York City in August of 1776. During the Battle of Long Island, the leadership and actions of George Washington would save his army from capture and defeat and ultimately preserve the cause […]

  • U.S. Strategy and Sherman’s Savannah Campaign

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Perhaps the most memorable campaign that underpinned US Army LTG Ulysses S. Grant’s military strategy of 1864, MG William Tecumseh Sherman’s Savannah Campaign exhausted the Southern Confederacy and hastened an end to the American Civil War. The “March to the Sea” has inspired mixed mythologies of the war: it became synonymous in the Lost Cause […]

  • Clausewitz, Mao, and Operational Art

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Throughout history, command in war has demanded skill, knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgement in the application of military force. It has also required what is today called “operational art.” Current U.S. Army doctrine defines Operational Art as “the cognitive approach by commanders and staffs … to develop strategies, campaigns, and operations to organize and employ […]

  • Jomini and the Foundations of Modern War

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    Antoine-Henri Jomini was a foundational 19th-century military theorist whose approach to warfare sought to define universal principles of strategy and tactics. His emphasis on geometric concepts like interior lines of operation, massing combat power at decisive points, and the critical importance of logistics remains highly relevant today. In the contemporary security environment, Jomini's structured principles […]

  • Soviet Interwar Years Theory and Doctrine

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    The Dole Institute of Politics 2350 Petefish Drive, Lawrence, KS, United States
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    The First World War brought enormous changes to the battlefield that all combatants struggled to master. After the war’s end, military officers began to try to understand what would be needed to succeed in the next war, in the Soviet Union no less than anywhere else. While the Red Army has been often seen as […]