Alien: How Operational Art Devoured Strategy

by Justin Kelly and Mike Brennan

The publication of the 1982 version of Army Field Manual (FM) 100-5, Operations, introduced to the English-speaking world the idea of an operational level of war which encompassed the planning and conduct of campaigns and major operations. It was followed 3 years later by the introduction of the term "operational art" which was, in practice, the skillful management of the operational level of war. This conception of an identifiably separate level...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608880559
• ISBN13: 9781608880553
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Nimble Books
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"