Operational Art, Design and the Centre of Gravity
Assistant Professor Dale Eikmeier of the U.S. Command and General Staff College presents a 4-part video series on the Operational Art. The videos are around 11 minutes each and are excellent value for someone tackling the Operational Art topic for the first time.
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Striking a Balance Between Operational Art and Craftsmanship
In this article via Task & Purpose, author Brad Hardy states that operational art is a cornerstone doctrinal concept that joint headquarters and defence forces use to plan everything from battalion-sized operations through to major campaigns. As such, he argues that its definition is so broad that it is vulnerable to losing its meaning.
< 5 mins
Is the Operational Art Still Relevant?
To stimulate discussion and debate, authors from the Defence Studies Department, Kings College London, have put together a series of articles. In the first article via Defence in Depth, Dr Stuart Griffin argues that both the operational art and the operational level of war are still relevant.
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The Operational Level of War and the Operational Art
In this article, via Defence-In-Depth, Kings College London, two historians Dr Huw Davies and Dr Robert Foley, outline the relevance of the operational art and operational level of war concept to the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and the Second World War.
< 5 mins