Can't wait to read @aelkus on design and operational art. "Where do we go?" @smallwars

A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory

Can't wait to read @aelkus on design and operational art. "Where do we go?" @smallwars

Design is conceptually linked, though not identical to, operational art. But what is operational art? Ideas of operational art and the alleged “operational level of war” are heavily contested in military doctrine and theory. The preeminent questions guiding the study and practice of the operational art have hardly been resolved. Is operational art a cognitive process that links tactics to strategy, as Huba Wass de Czege has argued ? Or is the operational level an empirically valid evolution in the structure of the military art? James J. Schneider has observed a qualitative difference in pre-industrial warfare, governed by concentration into a small space to achieve tactical effect, and the industrial practice of distributed campaigns and massed firepower. Of course, the two are not mutually exclusive. Operational art could be both cognitive device and historical fact. But ...

Full article: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-critical-perspecti...

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From this week, [email protected] on design and operational art [link]
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@smallwars » 30 Apr '12, 10pm
See today's SWJ entries - Busch on power in Russia [link] and @aelkus on design and operational art [link]
@richganske » 30 Apr '12, 9pm
'A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory' by @Aelkus [link] | The caveats of 'design.' Highly recommend!
@jon_jeckell » 30 Apr '12, 8pm
@Aelkus Your piece on operational design is fantastic so far. Taking it slow & reading it deliberately: [link]
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@smallwars » 30 Apr '12, 7pm
ICYMI, see @aelkus on design and operational art [link]
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A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory | Small Wars Journal [link]
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RT @smallwars: Lunchtime reading on design and operational art from @aelkus [link]
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RT @zenpundit: Reading the latest on Operational Art [link] by @Aelkus & also The Hunt for KSM. About to start The Snake Eaters by Owen West
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Reading the latest on Operational Art [link] by @Aelkus & also The Hunt for KSM. About to start The Snake Eaters by Owen West
@NKFinney » 30 Apr '12, 1pm
@AElkus is back on the net w/ a post on operational art and design...look forward to the thoughts of Francis J.... [link]
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Don't miss @aelkus on design and operational art. What do we do after COIN? [link]
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RT @smallwars: ICYMI, today's SWJ entries - Busch on power in Russia [link] and @aelkus on design and operational art [link]
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RT @jon_jeckell: Can't wait to read @aelkus on design and operational art. "Where do we go?" [link] @smallwars
@peterjmunson » 01 May '12, 12am
ICYMI, today's SWJ entries - Busch on power in Russia [link] and @aelkus on design and operational art [link]
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ICYMI, today's SWJ entries - Busch on power in Russia [link] and @aelkus on design and operational art [link]
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RT @smallwars: Don't miss @aelkus on design and operational art. What do we do after COIN? [link]
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Don't miss @aelkus on design and operational art. What do we do after COIN? [link]
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See @aelkus on design and operational art. Where do we go? [link] @smallwars

A Critical Perspective on Operational Art and Design Theory

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