Chapter 3 Multiple choice questions

. According to this chapter, warfare during the Napoleonic era exhibited all the following characteristics, *except*…

the emergence of mass armies produced by conscription.

the use of new technologies, such as railways and the telegraph, made possible through industrialization.

a focus on seeking decisive battle in order to destroy the opponent's army and capacity to resist.

a more ruthless form of warfare produced by ideology and nationalism, which generated resistance through guerrilla war in many countries.

. Which author is well-known for arguing that naval power had always been crucial in history, that the purpose of a great power's navy was to attain command of the sea, and that the way to achieve this was to concentrate naval capabilities in a powerful battle fleet and to seek out and destroy the major battle fleet or fleets of the enemy?

Alfred Mahan

Sir Halford Mackinder

Sir Julian Corbett

Carl von Clausewitz

. Which of the following conflicts is most associated with the concept of 'total war'?

The Napoleonic wars

The Second World War

The Korean War

The Vietnam War

. According to this chapter, how did nuclear weapons impact conflict during the cold war?

The invention of nuclear weapons led strategists to emphasize the importance of air power.

The invention of nuclear weapons led strategists to emphasize the importance of sea power.

The invention of nuclear weapons played a key role in limiting the outbreak of civil wars and insurgencies.

Because the United States and the Soviet Union realized that full-scale nuclear war would be mutually suicidal, they exercised restraint in terms of the kinds of wars they fought.

. According to this chapter, 'limited' warfare characterized conflict during the second half of the eighteenth century in Europe for all the following reasons, *except*…

states faced major difficulties both in retaining and recruiting soldiers.

the linear warfare of the age required soldiers to have extensive training and discipline, which made them too valuable to lightly throw away.

leaders' religious convictions made them unwilling to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers under their command.

commanders were reluctant to allow their soldiers to pillage, which meant that soldiers must carry all their supplies with them or remain tied to pre-stocked depots.

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