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On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to today, viewing them through the lens of Prussia/Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States. B. A. Friedman concludes that the operational level of war should be rejected as fundamentally flawed, but that operational art is an accurate description of the activities of the military staff, an organization developed to provide the brainpower necessary to manage the complexity of modern military operations. Rather than simply serve as an intercession between levels, the military staff exists as an enabler and supporting organization to tacticians and strategists alike. On Operations examines the organization of military staffs, which has changed little since Napoleon’s time. Historical examinations of the functions staffs provided to commanders, and the disciplines of the staff officers themselves, leads to conclusions about how best to organize staffs in the future. Friedman demonstrates these ideas through case studies of historical campaigns based on the military discipline system developed.
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On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to today, viewing them through the lens of Prussia/Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States. B. A. Friedman concludes that the operational level of war should be rejected as fundamentally flawed, but that operational art is an accurate description of the activities of the military staff, an organization developed to provide the brainpower necessary to manage the complexity of modern military operations. Rather than simply serve as an intercession between levels, the military staff exists as an enabler and supporting organization to tacticians and strategists alike. On Operations examines the organization of military staffs, which has changed little since Napoleon’s time. Historical examinations of the functions staffs provided to commanders, and the disciplines of the staff officers themselves, leads to conclusions about how best to organize staffs in the future. Friedman demonstrates these ideas through case studies of historical campaigns based on the military discipline system developed.
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by Brett Friedman
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On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines

by Brett Friedman

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On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staffs and ideas on the operational level of war and operational art from the Napoleonic Wars to today, viewing them through the lens of Prussia/Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States. B. A. Friedman concludes that the operational level of war should be rejected as fundamentally flawed, but that operational art is an accurate description of the activities of the military staff, an organization developed to provide the brainpower necessary to manage the complexity of modern military operations. Rather than simply serve as an intercession between levels, the military staff exists as an enabler and supporting organization to tacticians and strategists alike. On Operations examines the organization of military staffs, which has changed little since Napoleon’s time. Historical examinations of the functions staffs provided to commanders, and the disciplines of the staff officers themselves, leads to conclusions about how best to organize staffs in the future. Friedman demonstrates these ideas through case studies of historical campaigns based on the military discipline system developed.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781682477076
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication date: 10/15/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

B. A. Friedman holds a BA in history from The Ohio State University, an MA in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College, and is currently enrolled in King's College London, studying the early U.S. Marine Corps and naval strategy. He serves in the Marine Corps Reserve as a field artillery officer and is the author of On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Introduction 1

1 Operations and the Napoleonic Revolution 11

2 German Operational Thought 20

3 Soviet Operational Thought 30

4 American Operational Thought 39

5 The Operational Level and the Civil-Military Relationship 46

6 A Theory of Operational Art 52

7 Administration 60

8 Information 69

9 Operations 83

10 Fire Support 94

11 Logistics 100

12 Command and Control 108

13 Campaigns, Battles, and Decision 113

14 Campaign Taxonomy I 118

15 Campaign Taxonomy II 122

16 Operational Art Actualized through a Modern Staff System 130

17 A Note on Force Protection 138

Conclusion 139

Case Study 1 The Austerlitz Campaign, 1805 143

Case Study 2 The Königgrätz Campaign, 1866 154

Case Study 3 The Atlantic Campaign, 1914-18 165

Case Study 4 The Battle of Britain, 1940 174

Case Study 5 Operation Watchtower, 1942 185

Notes 203

Bibliography 223

Index 231

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