The Evolution of Operational Art. From Napoleon to the Present

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commanders (cont.)
using orthodox and unorthodox
methods 202
communications 1, 10–13, 25, 26, 27, 28,
147, 157, 231
communism,seeCCP (Chinese
Communist Party)
concentration of force 49, 74, 84, 108,
112, 116, 121, 142, 146, 173–5, 178,
187–8, 204
Conde ́, Prince of 15
Confucianism 196
Congress of Berlin 64
conscription 18–19, 104, 105, 116,
231, 236
contingency 41, 45, 141
Corbett, Julian 103
Cordingley, Patrick 122
corps d’arme ́e19–30
corps level of command 36, 104–5,
110–11, 119, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130
counter-insurgency 35, 118, 123, 126, 127,
128, 129, 130, 152, 158, 160,
183–4, 187
Crecy, Battle of (1346) 13
Crimean War (1853–56) 64, 99
cruise missiles 88, 118, 156
Cynoscephalae, Battle of (197 BC) 15
Czechoslovakia 50, 87, 169


Daimler, Paul 46
Danilevich, Andrian 88
Davout, Marshal Louis Nicolas 22, 26, 28,
29, 31
Dayan, Moshe 167, 170, 172, 176, 177, 182
decentralization of command 111, 117,
169, 177
deception 84–5, 149, 186, 196, 202,
203, 210
deep operations 70–2, 73, 74, 77, 82, 84,
85, 86, 88, 90, 91, 155
Dejean, Pierre 25, 31
Delbrueck, Hans 66
demobilization 70, 141, 151
Deng Xiaoping 209
Denmark 44, 54
desertion 156
Design for Military Operations—the British
Military Doctrine 121


destruction 66–7, 70, 73, 76, 84,see also
annihilation, wars of
Development, Concepts and Doctrine
Centre 126–7, 129
diffused warfare 187
diplomacy 38, 39, 44, 48, 103, 139,
226, 234
‘directed telescope’ 24, 27, 30
divided war 121
doctrine 97–8, 99, 100, 111, 113, 120
air power 124, 144
AirLand Battle 155, 156, 160
becoming dogma 97, 99, 113, 114, 116,
122, 131
British 116–17, 118, 119–31
Chinese 195, 196, 200–1, 215
development of 96–7, 105–9
First World War and 110
Fuller and 114
Israeli 175, 176, 178, 181, 184, 189
joint warfare 124–7, 128, 129
maritime 124–5, 139
public communications and 128–9
Soviet 155
tactics and 104
United States 119, 122–3, 138, 139, 140,
142, 143, 145, 152–60
Donnelly, Christopher 118
Dresden, Battle of (1813) 39
Dresden, bombing of (1945) 150
drilling 29, 117, 208, 228
Dunkirk (1940) 55, 117

EBO (effects-based operations) 157,
187–8, 193 n.77
Echevarria, Dr. Antulio 223
economy of force 108, 109, 112
Edward III, King 13
Egypt 169, 170, 172–6, 178, 180,
181, 185–6
Eisenhower, General 87
El Alamein, Battle of (1942) 76, 117
enemy 238
information 10–15, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
40, 74, 79, 85
and operational art 233
psychological collapse of 41, 53, 125,
176, 186
single compared with multi 175

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