The USEUCOM Strategic Effectiveness Process

Abstract

The terms effects-based operations (EBO) and effects-based approach to operations are two of the most controversial topics in modern joint warfighting. A recent article broke the controversy into two camps. Proponents of EBO "seek greater efficiency and less destruction in combat by linking each use of military force, down to the most tactical levels, to overarching, strategic effects or objectives." But critics argue that it remains "virtually impossible to reliably identify the effects of an operation when facing complex adaptive targets like insurgent groups in Iraq" and that effects-based thinking "can lead to potentially dangerous self-delusion about the capacity to control outcomes."

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA518436

Entities

People

  • William E. Ward

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Counterterrorism
  • Europe
  • Language
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies