big ideas @ war strategies all wars are won or lost based on a country’s enabling and disabling...

Big Ideas @ War StrategiesAll wars are won or lost based on a country’s

enabling and disabling strategies

Enabling strategies: What you do to enable yourself to win

Disabling strategies: What you do to cause the other side to lose

Perceptions of

War Perceptions Matrix© 2004 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

Name of war

Politicians

Soldiers

Officers

Parents

Manufacturers

What the fighting is like

Reasons for fighting war

Effectiveness of leaders

Sacrifices made



Enabling Strategies TRAINING What the country does to prepare and motivate the military to fight in the kinds of conditions they will face.

NUMBERS Amount of trained reserves that can go into battle & ability to draw on its population for more soldiers

WEAPONS Availability of weapons (& ammunition) & their appropriateness for the conditions

Disabling Strategies TRAINING What the country does to know the degree of preparation and motivation of the enemy’s military

NUMBERS Degree attrition is used to reduce enemy reserves & its ability to draw on its population for more soldiers

WEAPONS Ability to reduce the availability or effectiveness of the enemy’s weapons

Military Preparedness

Country

War or Conflict

© 2002 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

The Role of MilitaryOne of five basic elements for winning wars

Point in timee.g., BEFORE the war, EARLY in the war, MIDPOINT of the war, LATE in the war

Enabling Strategies for Helping itself WIN

Disabling strategies for helping the enemy LOOSE

Training What the country does to prepare and motivate the military to fight in the kinds of conditions they will face.

Numbers Amount of trained reserves that can go into battle & ability to draw on its population for more soldiers

Weapons Availability of weapons (& ammunition) & theirappropriateness for the conditions

Training What the country does to know the degree of preparation and motivation of the enemy’s military

Numbers Degree to which attrition is used to reduce amount of enemy reserves & ability to draw on its population for more soldiers

Weapons Ability to reduce the availability or effectiveness of the Enemy’s weapons



Enabling Strategies GET READY Anticipating conditions & developing extensive plans for stopping the enemy’s ability to wage war

GET SET Organizing resources (weapons, equipment, supplies) & preparing soldiers for unique conditions

GO! Using over-whelming force so that its strongest will focus on the enemy’s weakest link

Disabling Strategies REDUCE CAPABILITY Destroy enemy access to weapons & supplies, communication abilities, leaders & troops

SURPRISE & CONFUSE Attack in ways the enemy does not anticipate and ways that maximize enemy confusion

REDUCE WILL Make it hard to keep fighting and easy and desirable to surrender

Operations

Political Problems

Goal

Tensions Created

Aggressive Action

Unexpected Expected

ResultsResults

Spin-offsNew Problems or Tensions Created

Advantages of risking war

Disadvantages of risking war



Enabling Strategies STABILIZING Ensuring leaders within the country support war efforts; minimizing impact of those who do not

PARTNERSHIPS Ensuring leaders of other countries support and/or contribute to war efforts; minimizing impact of those who do not; forming treaties & coalitions (creating partnerships with other countries)

Disabling Strategies DESTABILIZING Causing to enemy’s government to fail

ISOLATING Preventing the enemy from forming partnerships with other countries

Politics

Country

War or Conflict

© 2002 Edwin Ellis www.GraphicOrganizers.com

The Role of PoliticsOne of five basic elements for winning wars

Point in timee.g., BEFORE the war, EARLY in the war, MIDPOINT of the war, LATE in the war

Enabling Strategies for Helping itself WIN

Disabling strategies for helping the enemy LOOSE

National Politics Ensuring leaders within the country support war efforts; minimizing impact of those who do not

International Politics Ensuring leaders of other countries support war efforts; minimizing impact of those who do not

Forming treaties & coalitions Creating partnerships with other countries

Destabilizing Causing to enemy’s government to fail

Isolating Preventing the enemy from forming partnerships with other countries



Enabling Strategies PATRIOTISM Persuading its citizen’s to support the war and to make sacrifices (rally ‘round the flag)

DECEPTION Fooling its citizens by minimizing “bad news” concerning war efforts (defeats, causalities, etc.)

PROPOGANDA Portraying itself a good and the enemy as evil

Disabling Strategies DEFEATISM Persuading the enemy’s citizens to oppose the war; persuading enemy soldiers to want to give up.

DECEPTION Fooling the enemy about its ability to fight or its intentions

PROPANGDA Exaggerating its prowess & inevitability of enemy’s defeat so the enemy will believe it cannot win.

Psychology

WHAT are some things the BAD GUYS do to win the war,

that a neutral country might view as GOOD?

WHY would they be viewed as the “BAD GUYS”?

WHO are BAD GUYS in this war?

WHAT are some things the GOOD GUYS do to win the war,

that a neutral country might view as BAD?

WHY would they be viewed as the “GOOD GUYS”?

WHO are GOOD GUYS in this war?

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Name of War

What does the spinner want others to think happened?

What does the spinner wants others to think about WHY it happened?

Specific details

Gist of what actually happened

Specific detailsSpecific details

The “spinner” has a secret goal that’s not usually stated.

The spinner’s goal here probably is …Spinners usually use four techniques to “spin” the event.

Which ones were used here to spin the explanation of what happened?…

Ignore parts that don’t fit

Discount parts that don’t fit

Invent new information

Focus on just parts that fit

Spinning war news



Enabling Strategies PRODUCTION Increasing the amount of food, supplies, & weapons it produces or can attain

TRANSPORTATION Increasing its ability to move food, weapons, or resources to where it is needed.

COMMUNICATION Increasing ability for military to secretly communicate

Disabling Strategies PRODUCTION Decreasing its enemy’s ability to produce or attain food, supplies, & weapons

TRANSPORTATION Decreasing its enemy’s ability to move food, weapons, or resources to where it is needed.

COMMUNICATION Decreasing ability of enemy’s military to secretly communicate

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