The Evolution of Operational Art: From Napoleon to the Present

by Martin van Creveld and John Andreas Olsen

Broadly defined as the grey area between strategy and tactics, operational art spans the theory and practice of planning and conducting campaigns and major operations aimed at accomplishing strategic and operational objectives in a given theatre of operations. An intermediate link between strategy and tactics has always existed, but a distinct concept that encompasses a systematic and deliberate plan of campaign for major operations is a mere two...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199599483
• ISBN13: 9780199599486
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"