LEADER 00667nam0-22002531i-450- 001 990001152670403321 005 20040707102446.0 035 $a000115267 035 $aFED01000115267 035 $a(Aleph)000115267FED01 035 $a000115267 100 $a20001205d1770----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $afre 200 1 $aTables de logarithmes$fde Gardiner 210 $aAvignon$cAubert$d1770 700 1$aGardiner,$bWilliam$08015 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990001152670403321 952 $a212-B-19$b02978$fMA1 952 $a212-B-20$b02979$fMA1 959 $aMA1 996 $aTables de logarithmes$9346595 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03221nam 22004933 450 001 9910158940303321 005 20230807220258.0 010 $a9781786252265 010 $a1786252260 035 $a(CKB)3810000000099161 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4809519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4809519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11354649 035 $a(OCoLC)975224024 035 $a(Perlego)3021155 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000099161 100 $a20210901d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDefensive Culmination - When Does The Tactical Commander Counterattack? 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSan Francisco :$cTannenberg Publishing,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (33 pages) 327 $aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- I. Introduction -- II. Theory -- III. Methods of Analysis -- IV. Historical Analysis -- ARDENNES 1944 -- NAKTONG 1950 -- GOLAN HEIGHTS 1973 -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- BOOKS -- PERIODICALS -- MONOGRAPHS -- BATTLE STUDIES -- DOCUMENTS. 330 8 $aOne of German General Carl Von Clausewitz's key concepts is culmination. His primary work On War describes culmination for the attacker as the point beyond which he can no longer continue his attack and risks destruction from a counterattack. For the defender it is the point beyond which the defender gains no more advantages by continuing his defense. At this point the defender must decide to act. Clausewitz envisioned that at this point the defender would release his flashing sword of vengeance and counterattack. Clausewitz developed the concept of culmination for what we regard today as the strategic and operational levels of war. This paper seeks to answer the question, Does the concept of defensive culmination apply at the tactical level and can the tactical defender use it to determine when to counterattack?This paper uses three historical examples to examine when and how commanders executed tactical counterattacks. The examples are used to evaluate a theoretical framework of Clausewitz's defensive concepts. The criteria used to evaluate the historical cases are: defensive preparation, terrain, availability of intelligence on the attacker, timing for the defender and attacker, determination of the defender's defeat mechanism, depth of the defense, type of counterattack, the timing of the counterattack, and condition of the attacker and defender when the counterattack was executed. The key concepts examined are culmination and counterattack timing. 606 $aOffensive (Military science) 606 $aDefensive (Military science) 606 $aOperational art (Military science) 615 0$aOffensive (Military science) 615 0$aDefensive (Military science) 615 0$aOperational art (Military science) 676 $a355.4 700 $aHamilton$b Major William W$01376448 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910158940303321 996 $aDefensive Culmination - When Does The Tactical Commander Counterattack$93412260 997 $aUNINA