Essays on Military Leadership

There are many theories on why the North won over the South in the Civil War which happened hundreds of years ago. The first reason is that the North has the ability to produce armed forces and other relevant resources compared to the South. As the North banked on its unions, they also invested in getting the most admirable and most intelligent military officers who worked for them until they have claimed the victory. Conversely, the militaries from the South had to fight with empty stomach because they suffered from scarcity of resources. Indeed, having enough men and resources ...

Abstract

During this paper, our target will be to analyze the main principles and ideas which could be derived from Carl von Clausewitz’s works concerning the strategy of war and the lessons which the states have to take into account, while planning the military actions. Additionally, we will be trying to deal with contemporary role of his work ‘On War’ which is thought to be the fundamental work in terms of military history and practice. The principles of five ‘W’ will be applied during the analysis. The final objective is to implement the principles and ideas of Clausewitz to ...

Two offensive operations undertaken by Germany in Ardennes at the beginning and at the end of the WWII in Europe were conceived and executed under very different conditions and resulted in a totally opposite outcome. The 1940 campaign against the allies was an undisputed triumph of the German Blitzkrieg concept. The 1945 offensive was a desperate and illogical move of a leader that had lost touch with reality. The outcome of both actions was pre-determined by the preceding political, military and economic events. The leadership on both sides played an important role as well. Overall, it is safe to ...

Abstract Leadership is very important in military in order to win battles. Leadership is the ability to influence people by providing purpose in a course of action, direction and motivation and at the same time operating to achieve the intended mission in order to improve the society. In military, leadership is a decisive element to achieve battle field success. A good military leader should assist an army in overcoming adversary since leadership is the driving force behind the structural factors that a nation can provide to its military commanders that necessitates the winning battles. A good army leader prepares his ...

Impact of Technology on the Military

Impact of Technology on the Military The American civil war was fought from 1861 to 1865 in many different locations around the USA. Approximately, six hundred thousand soldiers died in the war. In that war between the Union and confederacy, it was the union states that won the battle. The secession of the southern states was due to the differences in ideologies between the slave and free states (Lovelace, 1997). The major forms of weapons used during the American civil war were smoothbore cannons, rifled cannons; crude forms of grenades, and ironclads were also used for naval battles. ...

Impact of Technology on the Military

The American civil war was fought from 1861 to 1865 in many different locations around the USA. Approximately, six hundred thousand soldiers died in the war. In that war between the Union and confederacy, it was the union states that won the battle. The secession of the southern states was due to the differences in ideologies between the slave and free states. The major forms of weapons used during the American civil war were smoothbore cannons, rifled cannons; crude forms of grenades and ironclads were also used for naval battles. The cold war conflict in Korea started in ...

The term administrative policy has different meanings as it applies to the field of public administration depending on the person using the term. Conventionally, administrative responsibility involves both the behavior of public servant, and certain expectations people have with respect to that behavior. If the behavior closely matches the expectations, public servant is to be responsible. On the other hand, if the said the behavior of the public servant does not conform to set standards, the public servant is to be irresponsible. Additionally, an individual, legal entity, or group can strive towards achieving greater responsibility from others by using ...

Question 1

The context in which leadership is being implemented in organizations is changing constantly. The problems and challenges faced by most organizations are becoming also complex. This is certainly the case for military organization. This is so because not only the threats to the nation’s defense more difficult to predict, but the very nature of the mission have changed, from traditional warfare to humanitarian aid and peacekeeping. Therefore, the necessary approach to military leadership should be considered. The environment and goal should be a starting point when considering the military leadership. Currently, the military leaders have opted to adaptive ...

Part One: Analysis of the Military

The military is a key area that deserves to be given substantial attention in terms of the nature of the choices made by the leadership. The military leadership should be robust and should only further courses that promote learning and improvement within the defense entity. Questions as to whether the military entity is a perfect learning organization has been posed to by many critics. Criticism has clouded the operations of the army as to the credibility of their activities and operations in the war fields. Many lives of soldiers and innocent civilians are lost in absurd circumstances. The situation is not ...

Introduction

The United States of America is perhaps one of the most successful nations in the world that enjoys great liberty and prosperity. Today, the system of governance used in the United States has been adopted by other nations in modeling their own kind of leadership structures. The nations’ leadership is based on a constitution that defines the operation of public administration and guides the operation within the public forum. However as the world is under constant changes a new challenge arises every other time. The present worldwide re-examination of the function of the State and of public officials and civil servants ...