Show STUDENT LIFE OCTOBER 27 1957 2 eBooks V Letters Thir Book Hitler Used Now Available Germany’s Rommel for examBy DR JOHN PATRICK Writer TIKE Literature ple once stated that "The Britwould have been able to preish Liddel-Harts A new edition of B II vent the greatest part of their -Strategy” published if they had devoted more defeats :s and Faber of London to the modern theories attention now available for the general and by Liddell-Hart- ” expended inan reader The book has had Hans Guderian creator of Hitler’s teresting history In 1929 some portions of it apLiddell-llapeared in a volume by entitled “The Decisive Wars British of History' Though American and French readers ignored it the book was carefully studied by the German General Staff Hitler and the leading military minds of Germany were immediately enthusiastic in their appreciation of LH’s doctrine of strategy as the application of the “indirect approach” in war As a matter of fact as LH suggests the “indirect” (as opposed to the “direct”) approach is a law of success in life in It virtually every department seems to be ‘‘the key to practical achievement in dealing with ANY problem where human factor predominates The “indirect” approach is as fundamental to politics as to the realm of sex It is certairdy obvious that in war one should make some effort to weaken the resistance of an enemy before striking at him and this effect says "is best ' attained by drawing the other party out rt ‘ L-- II of his defenses” Actually it is an old concept even though frequently forgotten — in war As long ago as 500 B C the Chinese sage Sun Tzu remarked: “In all fighting the direct method may be used for joining battle hut ‘indirect” methods will be needed in order to secure victory” And in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” iny students in English 163 perhaps recall the famous remark “By indirections find directions out” Well as we said above the Germans studied and profited by their study — the results wras the Nazi employment on a vast sweeping scale of the principles of indirect approach in the early phase of World War II Poland Northe Netherlands way France fell in terrifying succession and it was only when we learned to use these principles ourselves — and when Hitler them —that we managed to turn the tide and finally win the war Today “Strategy” is a textbook in War Colleges and Staff seminars throughout the Western world as well as it should be Our enemies have testified willingly to its greatness L-- II famed panzer forces called L-his “first teacher in tank tactics H and L-- strategy” H defines simply strategy as the art of distributing and applying military means to fulfill the end of policy Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of enemy resistance — and this purpose should be sought through the exploitation of such elements as surprise and movement in the psychological as well as in the phjsieal sphere The psychological “dislocation” of an enemy he states can be most effectively produced if ve move swiftly and suddenly to create the impression in the mind of the enemy that he is trapped and — so that he is confused feels unable to predict or block our next moves Physically the “dislocation” is produced when we move suddenly to upset the enemy’s dispositions and cause a rapid change of front disorganizing him when we slash in to separate his forces move to threaten his supply lines cut his communications and possible routes of withdrawal Such distraction of the enemy is best maintained when we ourselves establish and drive towards alternative objectives — the enemy remains off balance never quite certain as to our real intentions studies the history of warfare on this basis from ancient to modern times He observes for example that Napoleon and Sherman maintained alternative objectives and exthat the British ploited them naval blockade of World War I was actually an example of grand strategy of the indirect approach that one of the chief factors present in the fall of France in L-- H was the inability of the g French to keep up with the German mechanized units The constantly present threat of a German change of objective g campaign that the characteristic of America’s war in the Pacific was successful primarily because the grand strat-of egic plan utilized the choice alternative objectives to keep the Japanese baffled as to our specific aim I recall a captain on Iwo Jima explaining to me the reason for the success of the Marine Corps in seizing that particular piece of real estate in 1945 “It’s simple” he snarled as we lay behind a boulder that a Nip nambu was steadily chewing away with bursts of fire “We’re so fouled up that the Japs can’t figure out what the Hell we’re going to do next! llcw can they when we don’t Campus 1910 Editor STUDENT LIFE: Last Friday KVSC broadcast Rhythm Rhapsodies island-hoppin- ourselves?” More is superfluous Read it my friends and the next time you try to outguess your zoology dictum: prof remember the true aim of war is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision ITS CONTINUATION BY A BATTLE IS SURE TO! L-lI- ’s “And 'UFE-fr- n Protests Emcee Razzing swift-movin- know To The Editor from the George Nelson fieldhouse It was my pleasant duty to make the decision whether or not to cut the broadcast off the air I finally decided that a change in microphone position situation of the might take care and it did to a certain extent The problem we faced was how do we get the best possible broadcast without including the group of uncouth jokers who had decided to give our visiting MC the razzberry I have the pleasure to be acquainted with Mr Ken Sansom and I feel rather uncomfortable that he should have been invited to USU and then receive the kind of treatment he did at the hands of a few' leud and unmannerly adolescents I have some doubts that we have left much of anything but a bad taste with Mr Sansom end with KVSC’s listeners I hope that in the future if these people insist on this type behavior that they will be invited to carry on in some more isolated and less public situation s Key Barnes of I thought I was Hawaii Wants Student Post-Morte- mj Petition Editor STUDENT LIFE: There is much pro and con the trip to Hawaii It has ak ready been brought to the st and we dentbody’s attention find along with others discos tent We feel that a vote by the stn should be brought dentbody about or that a petition be acted upon by the studentbody s Gene Butterfield Robert Young Ralph Tripp Dick Johansson PATRONIZE YOUR ADVERTISERS a good driver really good driver never takes anytliing for granted! 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