Raiders of the Lost Art -- Recovering and Implementing the Intellectual Lineage of Campaign Planning for 21st Century Joint Planning

Abstract

The rise of prevalent irregular warfare challenges to United States instruments of national power, more especially its military power, has brought to light the renewed importance of campaign planning. Challenges from rogue states, the rising military power of other states, and transnational threats representing violent extremist ideologies have all highlighted the need for an intellectual rebirth of campaign planning. A specific focus on campaign planning has been largely missing since World War II. Notwithstanding ambiguity in current joint doctrine that warrants correction, principally in Joint Publication 5-0, campaign planning exists as a unique and distinct type of planning that more easily adapts to the operating environment; provides the potential for better integration with the interagency process; and establishes creative linkages among operational, theater-strategic, and strategic-level objectives and end-states. A renewed emphasis on campaign plans and more strategic-centric planning, as evidenced in the new 2008 GEF and JSCP, is critical for the 21st century and provides additional emphasis for more thorough development of campaign planning methodology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494320

Entities

People

  • Charles D. Lawhorn

Organizations

  • Naval War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Information Operations
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Operations
  • Military Planning
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies