A History Of Strategy Chapter 3
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- 1.On what is The Prince a treatise?
- A.
Morals
- B.
Power
- C.
Strategy
- D.
Tactics
- 2.What was the common opinion that Machiavelli disproved in theory and in practice?
- A.
That "no quarter" was an ineffective tactic.
- B.
That democracy was superior to monarchy.
- C.
That civilians could not make successful soldiers.
- D.
That a prince should be merciful and kind.
- 3.Which military element did Machiavelli underestimate?
- A.
Infantry
- B.
Cavalry
- C.
Artillery
- D.
Navy
- 4.What distinguished Montecuccoli from previous military writers?
- A.
He was the first to turn siegecraft into a science.
- B.
He believed war to be the natural state of Man.
- C.
He was the first to imagine aerial warfare.
- D.
He looked at war as something waged by states, not people.
- 5.In what century were tactics clearly distinguished from strategy?
- A.
The eighteenth century.
- B.
The twentieth century.
- C.
The seventeenth century.
- D.
The fifteenth century.
- 6.Of what military art was Vauban the master?
- A.
The cavalry pursuit.
- B.
Attacking and defending fortresses.
- C.
Naval formations.
- D.
Infantry movements.
- 7.Whose work epitomized eighteenth century warfare at its complex best?
- A.
Puységur
- B.
Machiavelli
- C.
Maurice de Saxe
- D.
Frederick the Great
- 8.Why do the military works of Frederick the Great merit mention?
- A.
Their tactical brilliance.
- B.
The author was one of the greatest commanders of all times.
- C.
The strategic innovations found in them.
- D.
They were written in three languages.
- 9.Which strategic objective did Frederick the Great prefer, annihilation or attrition?
- A.
Annihilation
- B.
Attrition
- C.
Neither
- D.
He did not say.
- 10.According to Frederick the Great, what is the one factor that can make men march into cannon fire?
- A.
Fear
- B.
Honor
- C.
Training
- D.
Discipline
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