Commanding Heights: Strategic Lessons from Complex Operations

by Center for Complex Operations, National Defense University Institute, Center for Technology and National Secur

The natural tendency of people to view problems from the perspective of their home organization is widely acknowledged in Washington. The corrosive effect this has on unity of intent and unity of effort is also acknowledged, documented, and lamented. As long as the stakes are small, the costs of such parochialism are apparently endurable. Our recent frustrations in Iraq and Afghanistan, however, have elevated the problem of so-called "stove-piping"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502489325
• ISBN13: 9781502489326
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"