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Strategy & Tactics

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Strategy & Tactics: Command

Topical media related to the art of command, stewardship and management.

Great War Commands 1914-1918
September 8, 2020
  • Commander
Great War Commands 1914-1918
From popular literature to reprinted memoirs and new media, over the last decade military historians have taken a renewed interest in Canada’s role in the FirstWorld War. In particular their attention has focused greatly on the Canadian...
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Mission Command: Problem Bounding or Problem Solving?
September 7, 2020
  • Commander
Mission Command: Problem Bounding or Problem Solving?
The ability to task subordinates using minimal explicit instruction is a key component of the philosophy of ‘mission command,’ variants of which are espoused by a number of western militaries. The adoption of such an approach to command confers...
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Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hope September 1, 2020
  • Commander
Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
This strategic research paper discusses the traditional importance of unity of command in American doctrine and practice from World War One until now, and how this principle has been forsaken in the evolution of military command for...
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Strategy & Tactics: Sense

Topical media related to intelligence, surveillance and analysis.

December 1994: Eisenhower, Bradley, and the Calculated Risk in the Ardennes
September 9, 2020
  • Sens
The purpose of this article is to investigate the claim made by both Eisenhower and Bradley that they had taken a calculated risk in weakly holding the Ardennes sector of the Allied line in December 1944.
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The Canadian Army Journal - 10.4 Winder 2008
September 9, 2020
  • Sens
They say that one of the best compliments is imitation. Over the past several months I’ve had a couple of informal discussions with my colleagues over at the Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre (CFWAC) about the value of professional debate...
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Strategy & Tactics: Act

Topical media related to manoeuvre, doctrine and tactics.

The 3:1 Rule?
Major John N. Rickard, CD, PhD September 8, 2020
  • Agir
Clausewitz’s belief that the defense was inherently stronger than the offense as a form of war helped perpetuate the long-held 3:1 ratio as a virtual principle of war.  The origin of the 3:1 rule can probably be traced to the Franco-Prussian...
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Offensive Cyber in the Canadian Armed Forces
Maj N.B. Marshall September 8, 2020
  • Agir
From the early days of the Internet, Canada has seen security and protection of cyber as a multi-departmental and multi-agency responsibility. Based on the 2010 Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy, “cyberspace is the electronic world created by...
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Strategy & Tactics: Shield

Topical media related to force protection and enabling.

The Yom Kippur War: 1973
September 9, 2020
  • Bouclier
Chronologically the next war for our study is the Yom Kippur War. If 1967 was a classical study of pre-emptive offensive, then this war of 1973 can be considered how an Air Force ought to react to enemy's initiative and offensive. This was...
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Critical Gap: Defending the Threat from Above
September 9, 2020
  • Bouclier
Project managers learn early never to read too much into policy pronouncements. But when your unfunded project is the first among many listed in the government’s new defence policy, you have reason to be optimistic money may soon be coming.
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Strategy & Tactics: Sustain

Topical media related to large-scale (formation/unit) sustainment in operations.

The Trouble with JIT in Military Operations – A Review
September 9, 2020
  • Soutenir
Abstract- Just-in-time ( JIT)  supply has  been credited with  revolution rising  the world’s manufacturing industry  by expediting delivery, eliminating  waste and  releasing  capital from  unnecessary...
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Sense and Respond: Logistics on the Insurgent Battlefield
September 9, 2020
  • Soutenir
Insurgencies are a blend of political maneuvering and military tactics and operations. They have taken place on many occasions throughout history. Before World War I, insurgencies were instigated mainly to overthrow a particular monarchy or colonial...
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