Definition of conventional war strategies

Review of Conventional Deterrence by John J. Mearsheimer

This book clearly defines three modes of conventional war: 1) limited territorial engagements for border regions and disputed territories (e.g. the Franco-German disputes over Alsace-Lorriane); 2) total wars of attrition, in which entire industrial economies are mobilized over an extended front (e.g. WWI); 3) the blitzkrieg, in which supply lines and co…