The principle guiding the western military was the critical victory arrived at employing total extermination of the enemy which results in the opposing force outright admission of defeat. Moreover, the military of the west never had a fear of relentlessness and waged ‘unsympathetic’ war contrasting some other militaristic cultures in the ‘Asiatic’ nations. While other military civilizations, for instance China and Rome, had order and fortitude on technological focus, other significant factors that differentiated western military service from other military societies was swift intelligence and supremacy of financing changes. In this paper, we are going to shed light on the comparison of the two documents Frontinus and Sun Tzu to answer whether differences between “Western” and “Asiatic” ways of war are useful.
Indeed, there is a more significant distinction between Europe and North America military history compared to other world regions with the constant argument that the Western warfare is characterized by a directly forceful and linear line of attack 1 . According to Frontinus Book I of The Strategemata: “On Concealing One’s Plans,” “On Finding Out the Enemy’s Plans,” “On Determining the Character of the War” and Sun Tzu, The Art of War: “(Chapter 6) Weakness and Strength” there is a clear dissimilarity as it does not support aggressive inversion of the enemies during an attack 2 . The difference of military strategy between the Western” and “Asiatic”comes arises from how they both stage and respond to war, the ‘others’ that is the Asiatic” ways of war tactics involve precise refinement of details of war and the indirectness of the attack 1 . In that, they use spies, friendly pretense to learn the ways of the enemy, disguise and determining the strength of your enemies to have an upper arm on them 2 .
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From a history of the west, the advanced technological advantage, and order have characterized a number of the most massive victorious military operations in the Western civilizations 2 .
These documents from ancient Rome and China do not support the generalization of the Proponents of the theory of the “Western” way of war as they consider war as art which needs an establishment of the strategy and learning the approach of your opponents to stage a successful attack 3 . In both documents, they emphasize the identification of the rival’s plans and work out to establish their potency to retaliate 4 . Besides, in the reign of western leaders as Napoleon and George Washington they imposed classical war strategies as per their core convictions that powerful military techniques are changeless 3 . Furthermore, drawing distinctions from China and Rome, religious conviction and philosophies have played minor or no role in the formation of the western military cultures 3 . The variation between “Western” and “Asiatic” ways of war is useful as it has seen the need for deep control and coordination among the “Asiatic” military in the planning of war 4 . The “Asiatic” military will need to raise their approach to defenses in the war to replicate the westerners. Though they might be on the same level, their tactic on war might still improve 3 . The strategies posed by these two documents give an insight of war leading to diplomacy not absolute annihilations as proposed to the western warfare which does not consider the loss of lives and destruction in the process 4 . It gives us the idea that despite the fact we can have rivals, there can be other solutions to war to prevent all its aftermath – dialogue. Only when this diplomacy fails force can then be applied 4 . When it comes to that, you should master the ways of your enemy and strike where it hurts the most.
In conclusion, the primary distinction between “Western” and “Asiatic” warfare largely lies with the supremacy, and the powerful and tactful will always carry the day.
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1 . Bozeman, Adda B. Politics and culture in international history: from the ancient Near East to the opening of the modern age . Routledge, 2017.
2 . Dawson, Doyne. The origins of Western warfare: militarism and morality in the ancient world . Routledge, 2018.
3 . Wheeler, Everett L. "Aelianus Tacticus: a phalanx of problems-MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER (revised, translated and edited by), THE TACTICS OF AELIAN, OR ON THE MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS OF THE GREEKS: A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE MANUAL THAT INFLUENCED WARFARE FOR FIFTEEN CENTURIES (Pen & Sword Books Ltd., Barnsley 2012). Pp. xx+ 227, black-and-white ills. 7, pls. 32. ISBN 978-1-84884-900-6.£ 19.99/$34.95." Journal of Roman Archaeology 29 (2016): 575-583.
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