Centers of gravity & critical vulnerabilities
Subtitle: building on the Clausewitzian foundation so that we can all speak the same language
By: by Joe Strange
Contributors: Marine Corps University (U.S.); Marine Corps Association
Series: Marine Corps University Perspectives on warfighting -- 4.; Perspectives on warfighting -- 4.
Publisher: Marine Corps Association
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Quantico, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Military art and science; History; Strategy; Operational art (Military science)
Other titles: Building on the Clausewitzian foundation.
Notes: Includes errata slip on p. [2] of cover.

"This issue ... is published by the Command and Staff College Foundation of Quantico, Va. through a grant from the General Gerald C. Thomas Endowment Fund." --p. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The problem and the solution - a brief summary introduction; title: What did Clauseqitz mean by "center(s) of gravity"?; title: The way we were - Butch Cassidy and the center of gravity : confusion and chaos, not understanding; title: The fix : the CG-CC-CR-CV concept; title: Did you know that Saddam Hussein and the Republican Guard were NOT centers of gravity? - the (still) confused and contradictory states of current doctrine, and how it could be revised; title: Parting shots & recommendations; title: Appendix. "Critical capabilities" and "critical requirements" in relation to other "capabilities" and "requirements" terms used in the DOD community.