The Operational Art: Developments in the Theories of War
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Operational Art: Developments in the Theories of War
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
24th September 1996
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
History
355.4
Physical Properties
Hardback
232
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
454g
Description
This work considers the modern antecedants and evolution of the operational art in military thought and practice in both peace and wartime. This theme is developed over time and across military cultures. A comparative framework allows the treatment of the overall theme by examining the concept of the operational art in the context of different nationalities, different military organizations, and different societies. This study situates the current operational art in its historical context.
Reviews
Operational art...provides a valuable tool for generals and planners as well as students in their analysis of large unit operations....This collection of ten essays by recognized authorites offers an excellent introduction not just to the historical background of operational art but also to the development of doctrine based on this new concept.-Canadian Journal of history
"Operational art...provides a valuable tool for generals and planners as well as students in their analysis of large unit operations....This collection of ten essays by recognized authorites offers an excellent introduction not just to the historical background of operational art but also to the development of doctrine based on this new concept."-Canadian Journal of history
Author Bio
B.J.C. MCKERCHER is Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada. An expert in modern British foreign and defense policy, he has recently co-edited (with Lawrence Aronson) The North Atlantic Triangle in a Changing World: Anglo-American-Canadian Relations, 1903-1956 (1995). He is also general editor of the Praeger Series in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought. MICHAEL A. HENNESSY is an Assistant Professor of Naval and Military History at the Royal Military College of Canada. Specializing in the history of technology, low intensity conflict and international security studies, he has published widely on Canadian defense issues.
