Campaign Planning in Low Intensity Conflict

Abstract

With the revitalized interest in operational art and its application to military planning, there has been renewed emphasis on campaigns and campaign planning. Concurrent with the interest in operational art has been increased attention to military operations conducted in the environment described as Low Intensity Conflict (LIC), or military operations short of war. However, there has been little attention paid to the possible use of campaigns in LIC. This study analyzes campaign planning to determine its application to LIC, and specifically seeks to determine if it is equally applicable to the four categories of LIC: Insurgency/Counterinsurgency; Peacekeeping Operations; Peacetime Contingencies; and Combatting Terrorism. The analysis is conducted using campaign characteristics and the tenets of campaign plans.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 1989
Accession Number
ADA209524

Entities

People

  • James M. Fletcher

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antiterrorism
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Drug Interdiction
  • Employment
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Low Intensity Conflict
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Terrorism
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies