See attached instructions: Question 1 Do the actions of any of the belligerents in the Franco-Prussian War and the Russo-Japanese War provide evidence to support Bett’s Critique 7 regarding “goal displacement versus policy control” in war? To help structure your analysis, the following three queries are provided for your consideration to assess the validity of Betts’ Critique 7: Did either the Prussians and/or the Japanese fall victim to the “goal displacement” identified by Betts and allow tactical and operational concerns to take precedence during the fighting of their respective wars? Did either of their opponents (i.e, either the French or the Russians)? Did “goal displacement,” if it occurred, have an adverse impact on the actor(s) achieving the desired strategic and/or political outcomes? Please make use of any part of our analytical framework — comprised of the Nine Constants and Nine Variables of strategy — to frame your response to this prompt. Use the attached resources: Some Lessons of the Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War Lesson 3 Mils514lesson1 Question 2 What can the Nine Variables of Strategy tell us about the British and German approaches to the making of strategy during the final years of WWI? Does the British and/or German approach to the making of strategy during the final years of WWI support Betts’ argument that strategy is an illusion because results do not follow plans with respect to the making of strategy? Use the attached resources: Mils514lesson1 Lesson4 A Counsel of Despair: British Strategy and War Aims 1917-1918 Germany and the Two World Wars
