GEN Omar Bradley and the Korean War: A Study in Modern Strategic Leader Competence

Abstract

This study analyses General Omar Bradley's leadership as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the first three weeks of the Korean War from the perspective of modern strategic leader competencies presented in Field Manual (FM) 22-103 Strategic Leader (draft) . The author concludes that by current standards General Bradley's leadership would be considered incompetent. His leadership during the first few weeks of the Korean War demonstrated interpersonal, technical and conceptual incompetence. The significance of this is that despite Bradley's thirty-five years of service, he was apparently ill prepared to assume the duties of a strategic leader during the early days of America's position as a world super power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1998
Accession Number
ADA344853

Entities

People

  • Paul E. Melody

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Communists
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Far East
  • Governments
  • Korea
  • Korean War
  • Military Advisors
  • National Security
  • South Korea
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.