Deck 12: The Control of Weapons of Mass Destruction, John Baylis

Question 1

In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris divides conventional military powers into the following five groups:

A) Advanced states, developing states, failed states, great powers, and China.
B) The United States, advanced states, China, developing powers, and weak states.
C) Democracies, authoritarian states, wealthy states, poor states, and the United States.
D) Industrialized states, semi-industrialized states, less developed countries, failed states, and China.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

While some 'developing powers' have strong conventional forces at home, none are capable of large-scale power projection far from their borders.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Since 1945, major states have rarely used conventional force against each other or against weaker states.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris argues that the 'new American way of war' has eliminated most of the US military's weaknesses and that it provides a new model for all powers. Thus, weak states and European countries will inevitably, and ultimately successfully, follow the US model.

Question 5

After 1990, inspired by ideas of a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA), advanced forces fused together which of the following?

A) Precision guided munitions (PGMs), information technology, and coordination with the diplomatic corps
B) Information technology; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR); and coordination with the diplomatic corps
C) Precision guided munitions (PGMs); information technology; and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR)
D) Precision guided munitions (PGMs); coordination with the diplomatic corps; and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR)

Question 6

Which of the following states possesses the ability to deploy overseas and support over 100,000 expeditionary troops?

A) The United States
B) France
C) Britain
D) All of the options given are correct.

Question 7

In chapter 14 of Strategy in the Contemporary World, John Ferris contends that China has developed a blue water navy and, as of 2021, has the capacity to overcome US efforts to use sea and air power to pin China on its coast.

Question 8

India and Pakistan are matched about evenly in conventional military terms, possessing roughly similar numbers of infantry, tanks, and aircraft.

Question 9

It is getting more and more difficult to sustain significant conventional power due to its increasing cost.

Question 10

Which word best describes the Middle East?

A) Stalemate
B) Stable
C) Irrelevant
D) Vacuum