Packet 8: Tossup 11

This military force abandoned Swedish-style cantonal recruitment in one of many policy shifts chronicled in a 2006 Christopher Clark book that (15[1])disputes “teleological” histories. This force eschewed “shock tactics” for “fire in advancing” (15[1])in a victory that ended a four year period (15[1])in which “gap theory” justified its funding over the Progress Party’s veto. (-5[1])This force’s independence from parliament under an (-5[1])1850 (-5[1])constitution (15[1])is credited (-5[1])with starting what some historians call the (*) “special path.” (10[4])A general (10[2])who (-5[1])commanded this (10[2])force for 30 years (10[1])ran the first (10[1])modern war games (10[1])and outfitted (10[1])it (10[4])with breech-loading (-5[1])needle-guns. (10[3]-5[1])This (10[2])force was said (10[1])to represent (10[1])“not a country with an (10[1])army, but an army (10[3])with a country.” (10[1])For 10 points, in what military did Junker (-5[1])(“YOON-ker”) officers serve under (-5[1])Moltke (10[1])the Elder? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

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