9781584874027 - Alien: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy (1 Ergebnisse)

Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. Glued binding. viii, 120 p. Bibliography. Endnotes. From an on-line posting: "This authors argue that the idea of an operational level of war charged with the planning and conduct of campaigns misconceives the relationship between wars, campaigns, and operations, and is both historically mistaken and wrong in theory. They conclude that its incorporation into U.S. doctrine has had the regrettable impact of separating the conduct of campaigns from the conduct of wars and consequently marginalized the role of politics in the direction of war. In essence, they argue that the idea of the campaign has come to overwhelm that of strategy. Brigadier Justin Kelly retired from the Australian Army in 2007. His last posting was as Commander of the Land Warfare Development Centre. His operational appointments included command of the Peace Monitoring Group on Bougainville, deputy command of the United Nations peacekeeping force in East Timor, and Director of Strategic Operations in Headquarters Multi-National Force-Iraq." Very good. Cover has slight wear and soiling.