Victory Without Doctrine

Abstract

The challenge for leaders, planners, and warriors is to apply doctrine to maximize the effectiveness of the nation's military power. This study of Operation Allied Force, the air operations in Serbia, shows the results of poorly applying the doctrine we have developed over many years of experience and study. During the planning for Kosovo the Joint crisis action planning process was not followed. Ignoring the process deprived senior leadership of the benefit of a thorough analysis, limited the planners' ability to plan and understand the objectives, and resulted in our forces being ill-prepared for the ensuing operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2000
Accession Number
ADA381724

Entities

People

  • Donald I. Blackwelder

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Battles
  • Bombing
  • Command And Control
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Nato Forces
  • Strategic Attack
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.