So, if in the future we had made these adaptations, we might define operational
art as:
the theatre director conducts his command of all forces, agencies, and resources in a
scheme of orchestrated actions of his design to produce the strategic goal. The artfulness
of his design and the skill as a conductor are measured: first, by success in the face of the
opponent; second, by achieving the strategic goal; and third, in the economy of resource in
achievement.
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