Holy Wars: An Operational Analysis of Israel's Early Battles for the Promised Land

Abstract

The Old Testament of the Bible contains numerous detailed descriptions of battlefield operations suitable for study as case histories. By way of example, the battles of Saul and David, as depicted in the books of I and II Samuel, are converted into contemporary operational terminology, and analyzed accordingly. If historical detail is viewed separately from religious significance, several books of the Old Testament and Apocrypha are at least as historically accurate and valuable as Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War, a cornerstone of the Naval War College curriculum. In view of modern day relevance, the case studies of the roots of the first holy wars in the near and middle east are clearly of continuing military significance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 1994
Accession Number
ADA279504

Entities

People

  • Judith C. Ackerson

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Center Of Gravity
  • Civil War
  • Commerce
  • Dictionaries
  • Geography
  • Maneuvers
  • Middle East
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Order Of Battle
  • Psychological Operations
  • Security
  • Standards
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • History

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  • Computer Science.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.