An objectives-based approach to military campaign analysis
By: Bruce Pirnie, Sam B. Gardiner.
Contributors: Gardiner, Sam B., 1941-; United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff.; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: RAND
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Operational art (Military science); Management by objectives.
Description: Analysis of objectives offers the best approach to military affairs and especially to theater-level operations. Objectives should be understood in a comprehensive hierarchy that includes fundamental national goals, national security objectives, national military objectives, missions of combatant commanders, operational objectives, and tasks. This report records a study to help the Warfighting Analysis Division, J-8, identify "key elements" in military campaigns with emphasis on command, control, communications, and intelligence. The authors discern cognitive dominance as a key operational objective for U.S. commanders, using the Persian Gulf War as a paradigm.
Notes: Also available in electronic form via the RAND Corporation Web site.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-111).
"National Defense Research Institute."
"MR-656-JS"--Cover.
Prepared for the Joint Staff.