Israel –Hamas, Gaza, And The History Of Sherman’s March
A Total War Strategy
As a predictive forecaster, I often study the past to understand the present and future. I have spent plenty of time recently studying the Israel Hamas War in Gaza. Of course, everyone seems to have an opinion.
One common strategy I have read about is called the Total War Strategy, and surprisingly, the place it was first used in modern warfare was during the American Civil War.
So as you read what follows simply replace the words “Civil War” with “Israel’s War Against Hamas”; “Sherman” or “Union Army” with the term IDF (Israeli Defense Forces), and also replace the word “Confederacy” or “noncombatants” with “Palestinians” or “Gaza-based Arab non-combatants”.
Let’ begin here…
What is an example of a total war strategy?
No matter how far and safe non-combatants saw themselves from the conflict, the Civil War always managed to find itself on the doorstep of countless helpless civilians.
No military action in a bloody Civil War was probably more controversial than Sherman’s March to the Sea. The rampaging soldiers’ path spanned 60 miles wide. They burned, pillaged, and destroyed everything in their path. Their behavior was explained away…
