WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy that aims to destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy. Any assets that could be used by the enemy may be targeted, which usually includes obvious weapons, transport vehicles, communication sites, and industrial resources.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman embarked on a scorched-earth campaign intended to cripple the South’s war-making capacity and wound the Confederate psyche.

Detailed explanation-3: -In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of the British forces, decided cut off the supply of food to the Boers. They were being supported by the people on the farms so he initiated the “scorched earth” policy.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was a policy followed by the British during the First World War. Under this they destroyed sawmills and burnt huge piles of giant teak logs so that they would not fall into Japanese hands. It was a policy followed by the Spanish during the Second World War.

Detailed explanation-5: -For some companies, the scorched earth policy is successful and the company recovers after the takeover bid fails. For the rest, however, either the takeover is not prevented or the self-sabotage effectively ruins the company.