The Evolution of Operational Art. From Napoleon to the Present

in various campaigns, and, perhaps most importantly, how they developed over
time. Theory is critical to refining and improving existing methods of applying
operational warfare, 6 and its importance cannot be overstated; however, to be
useful, theory and its accompanying vocabulary must be combined with a proper
examination of historical trends and practical experience. The present volume
attempts to achieve that combination.

NOTES

1. John English, ‘The Operational Art: Developments in the Theories of War’, in B. J. C.
   Kercher and Michael A. Hennessy (eds.),The Operational Art: Developments in the
   Theories of War(Westport, CT: Praeger, 1996), 7.


2. For simplicity, ‘planning and conducting campaigns’ refers to the whole spectrum of
   ‘design, preparation, organization, sustainment and termination of campaigns’. See, for
   example, Milan N. Vego,Joint Operational Warfare(Newport, RI: US Naval War
   College, 2007), I-4 and GL-12.


3. Michael D. Krause and R. Cody Phillips,Historical Perspectives on the Operational Art
   (Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army, 2005), 25.


4. Vego,Joint Operational Warfare, I-16.


5. See Edward N. Luttwak, ‘The Operational Level of War’,International Security, vol. 5,
   no. 3 (Winter 1980–1), 61–78.


6. Vego,Joint Operational Warfare, I-6.

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