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  2. Attrition warfare - Wikipedia

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    Attrition warfare also tries to increase the friction in a war for the opponent. [7] While attrition warfare might appear to be a strategic option for combatants possessing greater resources or asymmetric advantages over their adversaries, it also carries considerable drawbacks.

  3. War of annihilation - Wikipedia

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    War of annihilation is defined as a radicalized form of warfare in which "all psycho-physical limits" are abolished. [1]The Hamburg Institute for Social Research social scientist Jan Philipp Reemtsma sees a war, "which is led, in the worst case, to destroy or even decimate a population", as the heart of the war of annihilation. [2]

  4. Teacher retention - Wikipedia

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    Teacher attrition and retention also vary based on the sector of the school (e.g., traditional public vs. charter) and whether it is located in an urban or rural area. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The characteristics of teacher, schools, and students can even redefine the effect of salaries on teacher retention.

  5. List of military strategies and concepts - Wikipedia

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    Bait and bleed – To induce rival states to engage in a protracted war of attrition against each other "so that they bleed each other white", similar to the concept of Divide and conquer; Battle of annihilation – The goal of destroying the enemy military in a single planned pivotal battle

  6. Southern Reach Series - Wikipedia

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    The series takes its name from the secret agency that is central to the plot. In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, [1] and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director. [2] The film was released in 2018. The most recent entry in the series, Absolution, was released on 22 October ...

  7. Battle of annihilation - Wikipedia

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    Annihilation is a military strategy in which an attacking army seeks to entirely destroy the military capacity of the opposing army. This strategy can be executed in a single planned pivotal battle, called a "battle of annihilation". A successful battle of annihilation is accomplished through the use of tactical surprise, application of ...

  8. Fabian strategy - Wikipedia

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    The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy through skirmishes to cause attrition, disrupt supply and affect morale ...

  9. Hans Delbrück - Wikipedia

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    Hans Gottlieb Leopold Delbrück (German pronunciation: [hans ˈdɛl.bʁʏk] ⓘ; 11 November 1848 – 14 July 1929) was a German historian.Delbrück was one of the first modern military historians, basing his method of research on the critical examination of ancient sources, using auxiliary disciplines, like demography and economics, to complete the analysis and the comparison between epochs ...