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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)
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Subject: Re: Civil War technology
Message-ID: <1990Oct16.010749.10740@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 16 Oct 90 01:07:49 GMT
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From: deichman@cod.nosc.mil (Shane D. Deichman)

In article <1990Oct15.034351.14304@cbnews.att.com> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) writes:
>
>>From what I recall of the program, Napoleon 
>was the first to introduce conscription. Be-
>fore that, warfare (at least in europe) was 
>conducted by small, professional armies. I 
>don't think Napoleon carried war to the local 
>populations, or used scorched-earth techniques
>(although he was, I think, the first to come 
>up against guerilla warfare (in Spain)).
>
>

Actually, Washington employed guerilla warfare tactics against
the British in the Revolutionary War, some twenty or thrity years
prior to Napoleon's campaigns.

Of course, I'm sure the concept of guerilla warfare (i.e., small,
mobile units employing hit-and-run tactics and utilizing environment
and camouflage) can be traced back to Sun Tzu's time....

-shane d deichman

"He who fights then runs away lives to fight another day"
					-George Washington (paraphrased)