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

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