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Unconventional Warfare and Operational Art: Can We Achieve Continuity in Command and Control?

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Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare and Operational Art: Can We Achieve Continuity in Command and Control? written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph focuses on the gap in operational command and control for unconventional warfare operations (UW), and the organizational elements required to mitigate this gap. In the 20th Century and beyond, the United States conducted UW in the Second World War, Korea, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. After each war, the United States 19 command and control structure for planning, organizing, and leading UW was dismantled, and valuable experience and continuity were lost. Subsequently, at the outset of each conflict, Special Operations Forces have been forced to build an operational command and control mechanism tailored to the requirements of each UW situation. A joint command and control organizational model for unconventional warfare at the operational level will provide an appropriate means to bridge this gap. This monograph concludes that in order to plan, organize, and lead UW operations, the U.S. must establish a focal point within the geographical combatant commands that would leverage all joint and interagency capabilities and resources required to plan, organize, and lead UW operations. Creating regional JIATF-UWs will leverage the capabilities of the nation 's military manpower and resources to wage successful UW, and offers a solution to the continuity gap in SOF 's ability to command and control joint unconventional warfare at the operational level of war.

Unconventional Warfare and Operational Art

Author : John W. Silkman
Publisher : War College Series
ISBN 13 : 9781298474278
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare and Operational Art written by John W. Silkman and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art

Author : Michael D. Krause
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160725647
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art by : Michael D. Krause

Download or read book Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art written by Michael D. Krause and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT--OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price while supplies last Historical Perspectives of the Operational Art, a companion volume to Clayton R. Newell's and Michael D. Krause's On Operational Art, captures the doctrinal debate over the evolving concept of operational art-the critical link between strategy and tactics-in the face of the new complexities of warfare and the demands of irregular operations in the twenty-first century. Consisting of fifteen original essays selected and edited by Michael D. Krause in collaboration with R. Cody Phillips, the well-organized anthology presents the collective view of distinguished military historians and scholars that operational art must be adjusted to accommodate the changing circumstances happening around the world, especially when dealing with broad coalitions and alliances in regional environments and at an international level. Related products: The Rise of iWar: Identity, Information, and the Individualization of Modern Warfare can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01198-2 Yemen: A Different Political Paradigm in Context can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-070-00865-3 A Masterpiece of Counterguerrilla Warfare: BG J. Franklin Bell in the Philippines 1901-1902 is avaialble here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01000-5 Operational Culture for the Warfighter: Principles and Applications is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01061-7

The Evolution of Operational Art

Author : John Andreas Olsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199599483
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Operational Art written by John Andreas Olsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations. An intermediate link between strategy and tactics has always existed, but a distinct concept that encompasses a systematic and deliberate plan of campaign for major operations is a mere two hundred years old. Based on country specific case-studies, this book describes how the concepts that underpin operational art originated, how they received practical expression in various campaigns, and how they developed over time. The point of departure is the campaigns of 'the God of War', Napoleon Bonaparte. The book then proceeds with chapters on the evolution of operational art in Prussia / Germany, the Soviet Union / Russia, the United Kingdom, United States, Israel, and China. The final chapter deals with the future of operational art in irregular warfare. Theory is critical to refining and improving existing methods of applying operational warfare, and its importance cannot be overstated; however, to be useful, theory and its accompanying vocabulary must be combined with a proper examination of historical trends and practical experience. The present volume attempts to achieve that combination. This book is a project of the Oxford Leverhulme Programme on the Changing Character of War.

The Evolution of Operational Art

Author : G. S. Isserson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780989137232
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Operational Art written by G. S. Isserson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Operational Art

Author : United States Army Command and General S
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781514683781
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Operational Art written by United States Army Command and General S and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph proposes theories of SOF and irregular warfare to describe how states can use SOF to achieve strategic objectives. The theory defines special operations forces as those forces organized to combat irregulars and irregular warfare as war fought by institutionally weak combatants, as opposed to conventional warfare between institutionally strong states. A study of the evolution of irregular warfare and its theoretical underpinnings leads to five characteristics that differentiate it from conventional warfare. These characteristics define an opaque form of warfare, requiring physical, cognitive, and moral access to successfully pursue strategic objectives. The theory then proposes a set of tenets to guide operational planners and leaders in arranging SOF tactical actions to achieve a strategic objective.

The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics

Author : Vasiliĭ Efimovich Savkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Basic Principles of Operational Art and Tactics written by Vasiliĭ Efimovich Savkin and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Toward Operational Art in Special Warfare

Author : Dan Madden
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward Operational Art in Special Warfare written by Dan Madden and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hybrid irregular and conventional military operations are playing an increasingly prominent role in international conflict. To counter this trend, the United States should adopt a new form of operational art for special warfare.

The Future of War

Author : Richard Wiersema
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Future of War written by Richard Wiersema and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines the impact of future trends in warfare on operational art, the key concept in the U.S. Army's current fighting doctrine. Operational art, which translates the effects of battles and engagements into the attainment of strategic objectives, is the focus of the current and draft editions of Field Manual 100-5, Operations, yet It is not mentioned in the Army's strategic vision for the 21st Century, TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, Force XXI Operations. As its origins in American doctrine lie in the conventional war paradigm that shaped Army doctrine in the 1980s, operational art's usefulness as a practical concept for the military planner appears to be in doubt. The monograph discusses the origins of operational art's current prominence in doctrine and uses James J. Schneider's Theory of Operational Art as a basis for determining if future trends will permit its practice. Force XXI Operations provides a summary of projected trends in war. The monograph then analyzes the arguments of noted writers whose works address these trends. The analysis focuses on three dominant trends: the decline of the nation-state and the rise of the non-state warrior, the prevalence of unconventional forms of war, and the replacement of ideological conflict with inter-ethnic and civilizational competition as a cause of future wars. The monograph concludes that operational art, far from being an outdated concept, is sufficiently flexible to accommodate changes in war. The monograph demonstrates that claims about the imminent demise of the nation-state, the decisiveness of unconventional war, and the rise of inter-ethnic conflict are potentially misleading. Forms of war are increasing, but not replacing one another. The possibility of conventional war remains. The imperative now is to understand these changes and ensure that the U.S. Army does not, at the outset of conflict, allow the enemy to choose the forms of war.

Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Operational Art

Author : United States Army Command and General S
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781522746362
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Special Operations, Irregular Warfare, and Operational Art written by United States Army Command and General S and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes theories of SOF and irregular warfare to describe how states can use SOF to achieve strategic objectives. The theory defines special operations forces as those forces organized to combat irregulars and irregular warfare as war fought by institutionally weak combatants, as opposed to conventional warfare between institutionally strong states. A study of the evolution of irregular warfare and its theoretical underpinnings leads to five characteristics that differentiate it from conventional warfare. These characteristics define an opaque form of warfare, requiring physical, cognitive, and moral access to successfully pursue strategic objectives. The theory then proposes a set of tenets to guide operational planners and leaders in arranging SOF tactical actions to achieve a strategic objective.

Operational Design

Author : Jeffrey M. Reilly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Operational Design written by Jeffrey M. Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

General Lesley J. McNair

Author : Mark T. Calhoun
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700620699
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book General Lesley J. McNair written by Mark T. Calhoun and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George C. Marshall once called him "the brains of the army." And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America's military preparedness and Army modernization, remains little known today, his papers purportedly lost, destroyed by his wife in her grief at his death in Normandy. This book, the product of an abiding interest and painstaking research, restores the general Army Magazine calls one of "Marshall's forgotten men" to his rightful place in American military history. Because McNair contributed so substantially to America's war preparedness, this first complete account of his extensive and varied career also leads to a reevaluation of U.S. Army effectiveness during WWII. Born halfway between the Civil War and the dawn of the 20th century, Lesley McNair–"Whitey" by his classmates for his blond hair–graduated 11th of 124 in West Point's class of 1904 and rose slowly through the ranks like all officers in the early twentieth century. He was 31 when World War I erupted, 34 and a junior officer when American troops prepared to join the fight. It was during this time, and in the interwar period that followed the end of the First World War, that McNair's considerable influence on Army doctrine and training, equipment development, unit organization, and combined arms fighting methods developed. By looking at the whole of McNair's career–not just his service in WWII as chief of staff, General Headquarters, 1940-1942, and then as commander, Army Ground Forces, 1942-1944–Calhoun reassesses the evolution and extent of that influence during the war, as well as McNair's, and the Army's, wartime performance. This in-depth study tracks the significantly positive impact of McNair's efforts in several critical areas: advanced officer education; modernization, military innovation, and technological development; the field-testing of doctrine; streamlining and pooling of assets for necessary efficiency; arduous and realistic combat training; combined arms tactics; and an increasingly mechanized and mobile force. Because McNair served primarily in staff roles throughout his career and did not command combat formations during WWII, his contribution has never received the attention given to more public–and publicized–military exploits. In its detail and scope, this first full military biography reveals the unique and valuable perspective McNair's generalship offers for the serious student of military history and leadership.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Marriage of Strategy and Tactics in Vietnam

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (227 download)

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Download or read book Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue: The Marriage of Strategy and Tactics in Vietnam written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph discusses operational art in Vietnam. The research question used to focus this study effort was how did the United States perform in conducting operational art in Vietnam? Since operational art is the vital link between strategy and tactics, this title captures the essence of the monograph. After a brief introduction, the monograph reviews and analyzes the Army's doctrine for the Vietnam war, FM 100-5 (1962). That doctrine was found to be sound. It was particularly strong in describing unconventional warfare, military operations against irregular forces, situations short of war, the spectrum of war and limited war. It was noticeably weak in describing infiltration and the articulation of theater operations. Current doctrine and contemporary writings were reviewed in order to establish and define operational art and the operational level of war. Operational level of war; Operational art; Campaigns; Theater of operations; Major operations. (jes).

The Future of War

Author : Richard Wiersema
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Future of War written by Richard Wiersema and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines the impact of future trends in warfare on operational art, the key concept in the U.S. Army's current fighting doctrine. Operational art, which translates the effects of battles and engagements into the attainment of strategic objectives, is the focus of the current and draft editions of Field Manual 100-5, Operations, yet It is not mentioned in the Army's strategic vision for the 21st Century, TRADOC Pamphlet 525-5, Force XXI Operations. As its origins in American doctrine lie in the conventional war paradigm that shaped Army doctrine in the 1980s, operational art's usefulness as a practical concept for the military planner appears to be in doubt. The monograph discusses the origins of operational art's current prominence in doctrine and uses James J. Schneider's Theory of Operational Art as a basis for determining if future trends will permit its practice. Force XXI Operations provides a summary of projected trends in war. The monograph then analyzes the arguments of noted writers whose works address these trends. The analysis focuses on three dominant trends: the decline of the nation-state and the rise of the non-state warrior, the prevalence of unconventional forms of war, and the replacement of ideological conflict with inter-ethnic and civilizational competition as a cause of future wars. The monograph concludes that operational art, far from being an outdated concept, is sufficiently flexible to accommodate changes in war. The monograph demonstrates that claims about the imminent demise of the nation-state, the decisiveness of unconventional war, and the rise of inter-ethnic conflict are potentially misleading. Forms of war are increasing, but not replacing one another. The possibility of conventional war remains. The imperative now is to understand these changes and ensure that the U.S. Army does not, at the outset of conflict, allow the enemy to choose the forms of war.

Zarqawi's Sfumato

Author : U.s. Army Command and General Staff College
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500903534
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Zarqawi's Sfumato written by U.s. Army Command and General Staff College and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. military doctrine defines operational art within the domain of conventional warfare. This book evolves the conventional understanding of operational art into the domain of irregular warfare. Al Qaeda in Iraq, as led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, orchestrated seemingly disjointed attacks against random targets from 2004 to 2006. This book determines that Zarqawi employed a unique form of operational art through deliberately planned and synchronized attacks to achieve a specific aim. The book derives the irregular warfare operational art definition and appropriate characteristics from analysis of authoritative authors' works and published military doctrine on conventional operational art. The derived characteristics are used to evaluate the strategic, operational, and tactical influences of Zarqawi's organization, plans, and tactics. This examination illustrates how the leader of a terrorist organization sought to synchronize operations in time, space, and purpose to combat a superior force and achieve a strategic aim. The book concludes Zarqawi did employ a form of operational art against U.S., Coalition, Iraqi Security Forces, and the Iraqi population from 2004 to 2006.

Irregular Warfare the Future Military Strategy for Small States

Author : Sándor Fabian
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781508490524
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Irregular Warfare the Future Military Strategy for Small States written by Sándor Fabian and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought provoking essay on the possible implications of irregular warfare in national military strategy.

Unconventional Warfare at the Operational Level

Author : U. S. Military
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980829768
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Unconventional Warfare at the Operational Level written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-14 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book reviews operational art and operational planning using the familiar framework of METT-T (mission, enemy, troops available, terrain, and time). With that construct, this paper analyzes these interdependent elements of operational planning and how they differ from the tactical level. Recognizing that these elements are not all-inclusive, this paper turns to common, underlying operational factors - intelligence, sustainment, and leadership - which play crucial roles at the operational level. Next, this monograph turns to the Chindits operation in Burma in 1944. After reviewing the strategic setting, this analysis examines the Chindits operation using the same analytical framework. The result is a useful comparison of the Chindits operation and operational art. The study of the Chindits operation yields several significant conclusions for future consideration. First, training proves itself as a combat multiplier for both the tactical unit and the operational level staff. Second, military operations will always be driven and resourced by political decisions. Finally, as a way to employ means to achieve a strategic end, unconventional warfare blends well into operational art. Chapter I * Introduction * Chapter II * Operational Art * Chapter III * Operational Planning * Mission * Enemy * Troops Available * Terrain and Time * Intelligence * Sustainment * Leadership * Chapter IV * The Chindits in Burma - Strategic Overview * Mission * Enemy * Troops Available * Terrain and Time * Intelligence * Sustainment * Leadership * Chapter V * Conclusions and Implications for the Future * Chapter VI * Endnotes * Chapter VII * Bibliography