MILITARY ART - Storming Media

Public Affairs: A Facet of Operational Art?

07 FEB 97

24 pages

Authors: Bradley D. Skinner; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

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Undeniably, the relationship between the United States military and the news media is of vital interest to the operational commander. If the news media is not satisfied with the commander's effort to provide access to military operations, unnecessary difficulties for the commander and adverse press for the military are inevitable. Military media experiences during Operations Urgent Fury in Grenada and Just Cause in Panama suffered from poor public affairs (PA) ...

Leveling the Hierarchy: Levels of War in the Information Age

07 FEB 97

20 pages

Authors: Christopher A. Barnes; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Advances in weapons accuracy and delivery systems as well as steadily improving command and control technologies have changed the nature of warfare. Information age warfare utilizes smaller forces wielding precision weapons over large distances. The result is a de-massification of warfare, where massing of forces is replaced with massing of effect, and tactical units have vastly expanded operational reach. This empowers individual warfighters and small tactical units, merging the traditional ...

Information Should be an Operational Factor of War in the Information Age

07 FEB 97

28 pages

Authors: Kevin D. Bohnstedt; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Over the past five years, numerous articles have been published prophetically evaluating the future battlespace, and what forces will be used to fight in that space. Although there has been no firm direction yet drawn on where this Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) will lead us, it will surely change military practices, doctrines, and basic precepts. Historically, time, space, and forces have been considered the operational factors of war. While ...

How Did General Schwarzkopf Apply the Nine Principles of War?

07 FEB 97

22 pages

Authors: Roberta Stein; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

A study of General Schwarzkopf's application of the principles of war during the planning for Operations Desert Shield Storm. Do the principles apply or require updating to current technologies and ways of thinking? Are there additional principles of war to reflect current influences on operational planning?

The Israeli Defense Force's Operational Synchronization During the Six Day War of 1967

07 FEB 97

40 pages

Authors: Jimmy D. Smithers; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

This paper examines the synchronization of Israel's major air and ground operations in the Sinai Campaign of the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six Day War. It first provides a short background on operational synchronization. This is followed by a detailed analysis of the synchronization of Israel's military actions and operational functions during the employment phase of the campaign. It shows that the synergistic effect of Israel's air and ground actions efficiently neutralized ...

An Analysis of the Operational Leadership of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in the Afrika Korps

07 FEB 97

21 pages

Authors: Robert N. Wiegert; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

There is no doubt that Field Marshal Rommel was an exceptional leader, but why was he such a poor operational leader? Examining Rommel's first year of command of the Afrika Korps it is evident that he possessed qualities necessary to be an exceptional operational leader, but he failed to understand operational logistics, and the primacy of policy and strategy. Additionally, his insistence to lead from the front caused unnecessary confusion ...

Leveraging Lesson Learning in Tactical Units

1997

105 pages

Authors: Fred W. Johnson; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

This study examines how leaders of tactical units can use the Army's Lesson-Learned System (ALLS) to their best advantage. The ALLS was established to identify, collect, analyze, and then disseminate lessons from contingency operations and training exercises throughout the force. This system is central to learning in units and the Army. While the guidance for these procedures is very clear for the overarching Army program, ...

Jonas Savimbi and UNITA's Struggle for Independence. An Application of Mao's Theory of Warfare?

1997

13 pages

Authors: Wanda L. Nesbitt; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Since biblical times man has sought an answer to the dilemma of how those who are weak can conquer those who are powerful. Mao Tse-tung's success over both a foreign invader, Japan, and a domestic foe, Chiang Kai-Shek and the Nationalist Chinese, popularized and seemed to validate his theories on how to accomplish the above. One of the many devotees of Mao was an Angolan intellectual, Jonas Savimbi, who was ...

In Search of High Ground... The Airpower Trinity and the Decisive Potential of Airpower

1997

32 pages

Authors: D. K. Edmonds; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Throughout history, military leaders have sought better ground, usually higher ground, from which to fight great military theorists proclaimed the benefit of the high ground. With the advent of aircraft, that high ground became the air. With this in mind, many of the early airpower theorists saw the great potential in exploiting this new dimension and promised that airpower would be the preeminent instrument of battle. Unfortunately, in the early ...

The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 and the Inevitability of Surprise

1997

13 pages

Authors: Leonard Belgard; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

The Arab-Israeli War of October 1973 was a significant benchmark in the development of modern warfare. In its three weeks of intense combat the world witnessed the devastating effects of small guided weapons on the large, swift, manned machines that had dominated the air and land for decades. While tanks and aircraft were not rendered obsolete the war confirmed the need for major changes in weapons procurement, air and land ...

War Without Politics: A Critique of Clausewitz

1997

12 pages

Authors: Robin B. Sellers; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Perhaps no aspect of Carl von Clausewitz's classic "On War" has more continuing relevance for strategists than his assertion that war "is an act of policy" and further that "war is not merely an act of policy but a true political instrument a continuation of political intercourse, carried on with other means." It is significant that to the modern strategist this dictum has become axiomatic. It is a tribute to ...

Contemporary Civil-Military Relations: Is the Republic in Danger?

12 pages

Authors: Edward B. Westermann; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

Within the last year, Richard Kohn, former chief of the Office of Air Force History, catalyzed an increasingly heated debate concerning the alleged politicization of the American military. In an article entitled "Out of Control: The Crisis in Civil-Military Relations," Kohn identifies "warning signs" indicative of the increasing alienation of the US military from its civilian leadership. He lists a series of actions demonstrating that "the U.S. military is now ...

Battle Command: Tactical Decision-Making in the Information Age

20 DEC 96

62 pages

Authors: W. R. Hall; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MIL ITARY STUDIES

The monograph discusses the Army's adoption of information technology to support its Force XXI concept. The central question is: Will the adoption of emerging information technology improve a commander's ability to exercise battle command in future operations. Battle command represents a central theme in emerging US Army doctrine. It links information technology with how the Army intends to conduct operations in the future. The monograph first examines the dynamic world ...

Clausewitzian Friction and Future War

OCT 96

139 pages

Authors: Barry D. Watts; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES

Contents include: The Once and Future Problem of General Friction; Clausewitz's Development of the Unified Concept of a General Friction; Scharnhorst's Clarity About War As It Actually Is; Clausewitz's Mature Concept of General Friction; Friction Before, During, and After Desert Storm; The Intractability of Strategic Surprise; The Inaccessibility of Critical Information; Evolutionary Biology As A Source of Friction and Exemplar for Theory; 'Situation Awareness' in Air to Air Combat and ...

Inchon and Liddell Hart's Indirect Approach

OCT 1996

14 pages

Authors: Allen Branco; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

Long range bombardment, carrier battle groups, stealth technology, submarines, nuclear deterrence (embodied in ICBMs and SLBMs), tanks, air cavalry...and the list goes on. These machines, tactics and doctrines serve as the defining elements of how we think about war in the Twentieth century. They are the instruments of our strategic ethos and the fundamental threat of commonality among them is their ability to approach the problem of war in an ...

De Physica Belli: An Introduction to Lanchestrial Attrition Mechanics. Part 3

SEP 1996

102 pages

Authors: Bruce W. Fowler; DEFENSE MODELING SIMULATION AND TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER HUNTSVILLE AL

Physics and War are inextricable. While it is often recognized that war is often the generator of progress in physics, the role of physics in war isless often recognized. This work is dedicated to examination of the physics inherent in some of the processes of war. The framework for this examination is the Lanchester model of attrition. Part I of this work is primarily concerned with the basic foundation of ...

Brilliant Force and the Expert Architecture that Supports It

AUG 1996

55 pages

Authors: David Atzhorn; Laura DiSilverio; Kevin Joeckel; Mark Ware; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

This paper demonstrates that a new military education and training architecture, supported by investments in key technology components, will produce a brilliant force to meet the challenges of 2025. Several drivers will shape the 2025 environment and foster assumptions from which derive the required capabilities for education and training in 2025 (ET2025). Our engagement in nontraditional missions will increase. Military operations will be highly complex and joint as well as ...

War Termination: The Application of Operational Art to Negotiating Peace

14 JUN 96

23 pages

Authors: John Schwanz; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Trends in modern warfare make it imperative for operational design to be adaptive. Most modern wars will be limited wars fought for limited objectives. War termination strategy will shift during the course of the war from military victory to negotiated settlement. This strategic shift warrants a change in operational objectives from those intended to secure military victory to ones intended to influence negotiations by managing the costs of war in ...

To Move Swiftly and to Strike Vigorously: The Operational Art and Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862

14 JUN 96

20 pages

Authors: Richard C. Roten; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

A discussion of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's campaign in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the War Between the States. Particularly focusing on Jackson's actions at the operational level of war and their contribution to the overall national strategic goal of the Confederate States of America during the Federal invasion of Virginia of 1862.

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Case Study of Operational Leadership

14 JUN 96

24 pages

Authors: Alan L. Gunn; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate States of America (C.S.A.), was one of the most effective military commanders on either side of that long and bloody conflict known as the Civil War. His capacity as a warfighter engendered fierce loyalty among his subordinates, distinguished him from his peers, intimidated many of his superiors, and struck fear in the hearts of his opponents. While certain aspects of warfare have changed significantly ...

Logistic Pillars at the Operational Level of War and the Role of the Joint Force Commander

14 JUN 96

24 pages

Authors: Bruce E. Bissett; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Logistics influences every aspect of operational planning and execution. To a large extent, what is possible operationally depends on what is logistically supportable. Operational logistics provides the connection between the strategic and tactical ends of the logistic continuum. It is also critical to the massing and sustainment of combat power in a theater of war or theater of operations. Existing literature on logistics is typically focused on either broad strategic ...

Japanese Operational Art in the Russo-Japanese War

14 JUN 96

62 pages

Authors: Paul S. Holmes; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

The Russo-Japanese War offers unique opportunity to evaluate a campaign in which the less powerful country was able to overcome its stronger adversary. The Japanese campaign provides numerous clear examples of the application of the fundamentals of operational design. Taking advantage of its geographic position, and through the execution of a well conceived military and political campaign, that included predetermined and limited military objectives, the Japanese were able to attain ...

War Termination and the Joint Force Commander

14 JUN 96

29 pages

Authors: Bradford E. Ward; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Doctrine guides the Joint Force Commander (JFC) in planning and executing joint and combined campaigns and major operations. Valid and complete doctrine helps the JFC master the art of war to achieve a war's political objectives. Theorists contend war termination 'epitomizes the relationship between political aims, military strategy, and operational design.' As the link between the strategic and operational level of war, the JFC needs to master the art of ...

Warrior as Diplomat: Peace Operations in the Post-Cold War World

14 JUN 96

20 pages

Authors: D. P. Delly; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

War is politics by other means. In conventional war, the operational commander must be attuned to national political objectives. His operational strategy must seek to achieve them. In short, the operational commander exercises not only military but political judgment in formulating strategy. But some wars are more 'political' than others. And a convincing case can be made that the most political intervention of all is not war, but rather 'peace' ...

Germany Against Britain: It Should Have Been a Campaign

14 JUN 96

24 pages

Authors: Fred P. Drake Jr; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

German military leadership during World War II is generally recognized for their exceptional performance in the operational and tactical levels of war. During the first nine months of the war, Germany successfully completed three separate major operations defeating France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Poland. Yet, despite these successful operations and Germany's continuing maritime interdiction operations they were not able to defeat their only remaining adversary in the summer ...

LT. Gen. Ned Almond, USA: A Ground Commander's Conflicting View with Airmen Over CAS Doctrine and Employment

JUN 1996

158 pages

Authors: Michael Lewis; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

This study analyzes the historical debate between the Army and Air Force over the issue of close air support (CAS). Specifically, this thesis examines four CAS subissues from World War I through the Korean War: priorities in the employment of airpower, the ownership and apportionment of CAS assets, the most effective CAS command and control (C2) system, and the debate over whether to procure a single- or multipurpose CAS aircraft. ...

The Doctrine Gap: The 27 Year Wait for a New Air Force Operational Doctrine Document

JUN 1996

74 pages

Authors: William G. Reese III; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

Twenty-seven years old and growing older by the day, AFM 2-1 became technically obsolete and largely irrelevant in the early l980s as doctrinal guidance for the employment of airpower at the operational level of war. In response to a rapid onset of contextual and technological change, a body of informal doctrine grew to fill this doctrinal gap between practice and published guidance. In the opening weeks of the Persian Gulf ...

War Termination: Why, When, Who, What, Where, and How

20 MAY 96

24 pages

Authors: James C. Walker; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

Classical military thought dictates that a state should never start a war without knowing how it plans to end the war never take the first, step without considering the last. War termination plans are that last step. Despite the general acceptance of this maximum war termination plans receive little emphasis or attention in the military. This paper examines both the theoretical and practical aspects of war termination plans focusing on ...

The Reunification of Korea: Bringing Back the South

20 MAY 96

23 pages

Authors: John F. Ford; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Hypothetical advice provided by Chinese military advisor to North Korean leader on how to employ weapons of mass destruction to force South Korea to unify with the north on North Korean terms. Advice is provided in the context of operational art and principles of war.

Japanese Submarine Operational Errors in World War II: Will America's SSNs Make the Same Mistakes?

20 MAY 96

24 pages

Authors: Donald D. Gerry; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

A detailed review of the Japanese Submarine Force before and during World War II reveals a remarkable similarity with America's contemporary fleet of nuclear fast attack submarines (SSNs). As U.S. operational leadership struggles to resolve many of today's submarine command, control, and force utilization issues, they can look to the lessons of the Imperial Japanese Navy. In failing to adequately address submarine operational control structure, in assigning submarines to missions ...

Sustaining Flight Through the Power of Knowledge

02 MAY 1996

9 pages

Authors: Paul G. Kaminski; OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ACQUISITION AND TECHNOLOGY) WASHINGTON DC

Today's Air Force Academy graduates will face far more dramatic changes - than I did. The Air Force itself is going through dramatic changes. One enduring principle that I have found to be a foundation in the midst of these continuing changes, something I first embraced during my doolie year at the Academy, is the inscription on the Eagle and Fledging statue outside Mitchell hall: "Man's Flight Through Life Is ...

Military Operations Other Than War in the New World Order: An Analysis of Joint Doctrine for the Coming Era

MAY 96

71 pages

Authors: James R. Ayers; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

The United States has experienced numerous eras of distinct international systems which governed its relationship with other nations. The end of the Cold War symbolized a transition point between such systems. Historically, the nature of a new order as well as the transitional point between orders is fraught with uncertainty. Nonetheless, instruments of national power such as the military must respond to the changing system to remain effective. The post-Cold ...

Future Conflict: Force XXI Against the Asymmetric Opponent

MAY 96

66 pages

Authors: William N. Vockery; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MIL ITARY STUDIES

Using Force XXI operational concepts, the US Military expects to overwhelm both high and low technology opponents. If history is any indication, however, apparently low tech forces have the potential at least to tie 'modern,' conventional militaries. This monograph will assess Force XXI operations against these apparently limited threats. Although they may not have modernized their military to compete directly with the Force XXI Army, by focusing on certain aspects ...

Force XXI versus an Unconventional Warfare Threat

MAY 96

60 pages

Authors: Kenneth E. Tovo; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MIL ITARY STUDIES

This report examines the operational concept of Force XXI, the U.S. Army of the 21st Century, to determine if it will be applicable against an enemy employing an unconventional warfare strategy. The study suggests that the concept, as it is outlined in TRADOC PAM 525-5, will be ill suited to defeating an enemy who shuns conventional force-oriented combat and instead seeks to defeat the U.S. by exhausting its will to ...

Deep Battle: Who's in Charge?

15 APR 96

37 pages

Authors: Mark H. Skattum; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Both the United States Army and the United States Air Force are in disagreement over which service should control the deep battle. At the root of the problem is current interpretation of both joint and service doctrine, and a reluctance to cede control of service assets to another service. This paper details those views and presents a possible solution in the form of the Korean theater's response to handling deep ...

The Suffolk Campaign: An Analysis of a Civil War Campaign and Its Relevance to Today's Joint Doctrine

15 APR 96

39 pages

Authors: John A. Yingling; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

In early May, 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee fought and won the battle of Chancellorsville. Many historians believe this was his greatest triumph. He did so without a portion of his veteran II Corps, commanded by Lieutenant General James Longstreet. Earlier, Longstreet had been ordered to conduct an important operation against Suffolk, Virginia, a town whose defense was key to Union held Norfolk, Virginia. Longstreet's offensive campaign and the ...

Battle Command in the 1864 Campaign for Atlanta. The Emergence of William Tecumseh Sherman as a Strategic Leader

15 APR 96

31 pages

Authors: James T. Palmer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Commanders in the twenty-fist century will face extraordinary challenges in command and control. The art of leading, motivating, and decision making is described in Army doctrine in terms of battle command. Ultimately, battle command describes the ability of the commander to lead his organization to accomplish missions based upon his mastery of many personal and professional disciplines. This study examines the battle command of one of the great captains of ...

Strategic Airpower: The Search for the Holy Grail

01 APR 96

37 pages

Authors: Gary S. Coleman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL

To a great extent, the history of airpower theory is the history of a futile search for the strategic knockout punch. From Douhet to LeMay, airpower zealots have argued that the proper application of airpower would, through various means, rapidly and inevitably bring an enemy nation to its knees. In practice, the efficacy of this belief remains to be conclusively demonstrated in any conflict. Nevertheless, the search for the aerial ...

U.S. Doctrine for Command and Control of Operational Fires

APR 96

55 pages

Authors: Leonard G. Tokar Jr; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS

This monograph examines doctrine for joint operations to determine if it helps speed planning and coordination for the employment of operational fires. The Joint Force Commander is experiencing the problem of centrally controlling operational fires with the difficulties posed by force projection and the overlapping deep battle capabilities of the service components. This paper first defines the concept of operational fires and makes several assumptions as to why the current ...

Marine Corps Addendum to the JSIMS ORD

19 MAR 1996

50 pages

Authors: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

National Air and Space (Warfare) Model (NASM) will be a distributed simulation system that provides an airspace joint synthetic battlespace that will meet the operational needs of the USAF. NASM will provide the functional capability to realistically represent the full range of aerospace power applications for both Air Force specific and joint training. NASM will provide an operationally realistic, distributed, simulated mission space that includes a synthetic environment, force representation, ...

EAGLES and DRAGONS at Sea: The Inevitable Strategic Collision Between the United States and China

06 MAR 96

33 pages

Authors: Ulysses O. Zalamea; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Collision is imminent. To advance China's expanding maritime interests, the Chinese Navy is altering its strategic direction from ground- support missions to open-water operations. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy is maintaining a steady course to strongly affirm the U.S. continuing commitment in the region. Thus, on the 'offshore' waters of the Western Pacific, the strategies of these two navies will inevitably collide. East Asia remains vital to America's economic renewal. It ...

The Iranian Threat: Key Concerns for the Combatant Commander in Response

05 MAR 96

Authors: Scott Jasper; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

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In the aftermath of the Gulf War with Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran has emerged as the greatest long-term threat to peace and stability in the Central Region. Through purchase of a wide range of high-tech weapons, Iran now has a formidable military force capable of influencing Gulf economic policy. However, in the event of Iranian aggression, the United States Central Command stands ready to defend vital U.S. interests ...

The Potential Breach in Intelligence Support to Theater Component Commanders and Single-Service Operations

12 FEB 96

24 pages

Authors: Thomas R. Crompton Jr; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT

Joint warfare concepts have been established as the most effective way for U.S. Armed Forces to meet challenges across the spectrum of military operations. However, in certain circumstances, single-service operations continue as necessarily separate and distinct contributions to the joint effort. Joint intelligence doctrine does not include the preparation or provision of intelligence support to uni-service operations. Therefore, single-service operational intelligence support remains relevant within the joint intelligence structure. Fiscal ...

Operational Deception. When the Web is Worth the Spinning

12 FEB 96

20 pages

Authors: James D. Campbell Jr; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

As an operational planner, it is important to understand the tools available to plan and execute successful military operations. One such tool is deception. It can affect the application of several of the principles of war; Surprise, Maneuver, Mass, Economy of Force, and Security. This paper examines precepts of deception which may be useful in determining when deception operations may best be undertaken. Unity of effort, plausibility and preconceptions, control ...

Determining Critical Meteorological and Oceanographic Factors at the Operational Level of War

12 FEB 96

22 pages

Authors: Bruce R. Kitchen; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI

The Operational Commander needs to clearly understand the Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) conditions of the theater or area of operations and their affects on the planned operation. Critical METOC factors are the METOC conditions that positively or negatively impact friendly and enemy capabilities, and affect the ability of the Operational Commander to successfully complete the mission. Not determining critical METOC factors gives the Commander a disjointed view of METOC affects ...

Future War: An Assessment of Aerospace Campaigns in 2010

JAN 96

186 pages

Authors: Jeffery R. Barnett; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL

The purpose of this book is to outline the aerospace aspects of future war. Because future war is an exceptionally broad subject, three caveats are in order. (1) This book outlines only future state versus state warfare. Its theories are applicable only to future wars between sovereign states and alliances of sovereign states. States have organized militaries, infrastructures, production bases, capitals, and populations. These components enable unique capabilities and vulnerabilities-which ...

Training and Doctrine Command. 4th Qtr - FY96 Update

48 pages

Authors: ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT MONROE VA

The Army's doctrine lies at the heart of its professional competence. It is the authoritative guide to how Army forces fight wars and conduct operations other than war. Never static, always dynamic, the Army's doctrine is firmly rooted in the realities of current capabilities. At the same time, it reaches out with a measure of confidence to the future. Doctrine captures the lessons of past wars, reflects the nature of ...

Training and Doctrine Command. 3D Qtr - FY96 Update

52 pages

Authors: ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT MONROE VA

Training and Doctrine Command. 2nd Qtr - FY96 Update

47 pages

Authors: ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND FORT MONROE VA

The Army's doctrine lies at the heart of its professional competence. It is The authoritative guide to how Army forces fight wars and conduct operations other than war. Never static always dynamic, the Army's doctrine is firmly rooted in the realities of current capabilities. At the same time, it reaches out with a measure of confidence to the future. Doctrine captures the lessons of past wars, reflects the nature of ...

Coalition Warfare Versus France, 1792-1815

32 pages

Authors: Michael F. Applegate; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Coalition warfare adds another element of friction to the already unpredictable and chaotic art of war. Tension can develop between coalition members as they are forced to compromise on various ends-ways-means issues. Obtaining consensus on political goals is difficult. The disparate interests and capabilities of the coalition members aggravate the development of a coherent coalition strategy. Exasperating matters further is their ad-hoc nature; nations that lack experience with each other ...