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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
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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
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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....
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Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
Lieutenant Colonel Ian Hope September 1, 2020
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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...
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The Trouble with Mission Command
Andrew HillHeath Niemi September 1, 2020
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The U.S. military is having the wrong conversation about command. The current emphasis on “mission command” as an end in itself misses a crucial point about the nature of command—namely, that...
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The Australian Army Junior Command Handbook
August 14, 2020
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As noted in doctrine, almost three million Australian men and women have served proudly in the Army’s ranks, and we continue to produce soldiers and units recognised for their adaptability,...
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‘The Full Will of the Commander’: German Forward Command Doctrine in the Second World War
Major John N. Rickard, CD, PhD June 10, 2020
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The combat effectiveness of the German Army in the Second World War is frequently attributed to a narrow, post-war interpretation of Auftragstaktik (“mission-type orders”), a German concept that...
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Hoffmeister in his Proving Ground: Sicily, July–August 1943
Douglas E. Delaney April 26, 2012
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Lieutenant-Colonel Bert Hoffmeister proved himself in Sicily. In the Campaign to wrest the Italian island from the Axis Powers, he fought with skill and courage. Both were important; commanders not...
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