The Science of the Indirect Approach in Modern War. Resurrection of an Art forgotten?

Abstract

The science of the rndirect Approach in Modern war. Resurrection of an Art forgotten? PROLOGUE Previous to my successful enrollment in this post-graduate programme, I had the opportunity of studying Business Administration as an undergraduate student. Besides learning about finance, accounting and marketing, all our professors were always straining to instill to us that the most imporlant element of an enterprise are its people. Stan-up'business taking smart decisions could become giants in the international arena of commerce within very short periods of time whereas giant enterprises could very easily file for bankruptcy despite all their financial prowess. It was a paradox left insolvent to my curious mind until I came across the same phenomenon in the conduct of warfare, during this post-graduate programme. History offered many examples in which great armies, technologically and logistically superior were defeated by smaller and inferior opponents. As such, my interest in studying this paradox grew exponentially due to the factthatl come from a very small country, Cyprus which has been in conflict with a superior adversarv- Turkey, for almost half a century now. Could it be possible that my country's national problem be solved through the application of this Indirect Approach method, if the situation...