Achieving the Operational End-State: The Linkage of Military Operations with Regional Strategy.
Abstract
This monograph discusses the linkage of military operations with defined regional strategy objectives designed to achieve conditions favorable to long-term U.S. interests. Most recent U.S. military endeavors may serve to show the existence of potential deficiencies in the successive linkage and logical evolution of the campaign plan from the point of crisis initiation through crisis resolution and culminating with the eventual restoration of conditions favorable to U.S. interests. This void may be as a result of campaign plan execution or a possible joint doctrinal defect in providing a mechanism to insure that both political considerations and civil-military operations are logically integrated into the campaign plan in order to achieve the desired regional strategic end-state. The monograph will first examine the concept of knowing your enemy in terms of specific national characteristics through the use of classical theoretical examples. Finally, the monograph will discuss the operational planning implications of linking regional strategy with military force and provide recommendations to resolve identified problems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 23, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA240413
Entities
People
- Christopher L. Baggott
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College