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From: woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Civil War technology
Keywords: Ironclads, Civil War
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.034315.14142@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 03:43:15 GMT
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From: woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood)

In article <1990Oct11.050851.29295@cbnews.att.com*  cognos!geovision!pt@dciem (Paul Tomblin) writes:
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* From: cognos!geovision!pt@dciem (Paul Tomblin)
* eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) writes:
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* * also... the ACW was the first prosecution of the concept of
* * "Total War"  it wasn't enough to destroy the enemies' armed
* * forces, we also had to destroy their ability to make war, hence
* * Sherman's march to the sea.
* 
* credits Napoleon with inventing "Total War".  Who's right?  (Actually, I'm 
* 
to the best of my knowledge napoleon never used scorched earth
as an offensive tactic.  napoleon didn't try to destroy the
economic base of the countries he invaded.  this is what i meant
when referring to total war.  corrections welcomed.


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