Ebook Strategic Art: The New Discipline for 21st Century Leaders

Submitted by antoq on Wed, 01/21/2009 - 09:37

This article is an appeal to strategists to match the success in the development of operational art and joint doctrine with an equally comprehensive approach to strategic art as a distinct discipline that every strategic leader must master.

The nation cannot afford uncoordinated approaches among the domains of strategy–military, economic, diplomatic, or informational–which often manifest themselves as institutional and bureaucratic barriers to unity of thought and action. Political and military leaders must work closely, interacting on desired end states, objectives, courses of action, capabilities, and risks. Both must be masters of strategic art, and the subordination of military to civilian leadership does not lessen the importance of military counsel and advice to political authorities or the responsibilities of both to communicate and coordinate at every level of strategy and during all phases of conflict. This is the essence of strategic art.

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Ebook Strategic Art: The New Discipline for 21st Century Leaders


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