WAR On INDEPENCE AND CIVIL WAR by mybbyajmc

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WAR On INDEPENCE AND CIVIL WAR

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UPDATED: Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:38
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Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:25 AM

MYBBYAJMC

What are some similarties you see between the War on Indepence and the the Civil War?

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Thursday, March 9, 2006 7:41 AM

HOTPOINT

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What are some similarties you see between the War on Indepence and the the Civil War?

One obvious similarity is that the Union/Alliance had a far greater industrial base and population than the Confederacy/Independents and this was likely a primary cause of the eventual victory of the Core Worlds.

Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics as they say.

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Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:34 PM

KIZYR

The Independents (Confederates) had better generals.

This comes from two views. One is the view of the Alliance versus the Independents we get in the series. The Alliance consistently comes off as very massive and inefficient, least when it comes to dealing with the Rim and Border. The Independents came off as being able to handle being outnumbered and outgunned--how long did they hold Serenity Valley, after all? Even though they lost, they likely had superior leadership--or, that's the perspective we get from Firefly.

The second view is that of the US Civil War. Lincoln had to fire several generals (forget the exact number) before finally finding Grant. The Confederates had folks like Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest from the get-go. Now, they might've been deficient when it came to supplies and manpower, but tactics wasn't their weak point. KF

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Thursday, March 9, 2006 12:38 PM

MATTCOZ

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The Confederates had folks like Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest

and Jubal Early.

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