Piercing the Veil of Operational Art

Abstract

This article is based on the assumption that certain stubling blocks have been commonly encountered in pursuing an understanding of these three perspectives of war, and especially in chasing the concept of the operational art. These stumbling blocks include: (1) a failure to examine and understand war as a whole before trying to understand its individual parts; (2) an inability to distinguish military science from military art and to see how the creative-intellectual process of the commander becomes the linchpin between the two and (3) a deficiency in the analysis of most military historical accounts of wars and campaign studies, particularly with respect to military strategy and operational art.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA521499

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  • Ralph L. Allen

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  • United States Army War College

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