STRATEGI PERANG SEMESTA
Vol 8, No 1 (2022): JURNAL STRATEGI PERANG SEMESTA

The Prince Diponegoro’s war strategy from the perspective of the Indonesia total war strategy

Dadi Rusyadi (Badiklat Kemhan)
Deni DAR (Universitas Pertahanan RI)
Wayan Nuriada (Universitas Pertahanan RI)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jul 2022

Abstract

This article will be focused on Prince Diponegoro’s War Strategy that implemented Total War Strategy through Guerilla Warfare tactic. The purpose and objectives of this article are analyzing the Prince Diponegoro’s War Strategy as the form of People’s Total War to be comprehended as the Indonesia’s total war strategy in facing threats so the readers will gain knowledge and deep information regarding the implementation of total war strategy. The qualitative method was conducted to create this article through historical research approach in designing the content of this article. The Total War theory was also implemented on this article. Based on the research result, it was found that the Indonesian War conducted by Prince Diponegoro is essentially a picture of the People’s total War which are not only carried out by taking up arms, but also engaged in political, social, economic, and cultural fields. The Total War Strategy has applied by fighters both in armed struggle, which Total War values characterized by: populist, territorial, the total, has been embedded in every breath of struggle. Whole community participation in accordance with their respective roles, and empowering all resources maximum national power to be further combined with military power, become a form of "totality" that is powerful in dealing with various forms of threats. From the history of the Indonesian War by Prince Diponegoro which gave birth to the Total War concept, has demonstrated and proven that the involvement of all components of the nation, both military and civilian (non-military) have an important role in accordance with their respective fields.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

SPS

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Environmental Science Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

Strategi Perang Semesta (Total War Strategy) is a journal published by the Faculty of Defense Strategy, the Republic of Indonesia Defense University. Strategi Perang Semesta is an interdisciplinary journal which is mainly concerned with the field of defense and war theory and analysis. Whilst ...