The Operational Art: Developments in the Theories of War

This work considers the modern antecedants and evolution of the operational art in military thought and practice in both peace and wartime. This theme is developed over time and across military cultures. A comparative framework allows the treatment of the overall theme by examining the concept of the operational art in the context of different nationalities, different military organizations, and different societies. This study situates the current operational art in its historical context.

Author: B. J. C. McKercher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 09/24/1996
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.16w x 0.91d
ISBN: 9780275953058

About the Author

B.J.C. MCKERCHER is Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada. An expert in modern British foreign and defense policy, he has recently co-edited (with Lawrence Aronson) The North Atlantic Triangle in a Changing World: Anglo-American-Canadian Relations, 1903-1956 (1995). He is also general editor of the Praeger Series in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought.

MICHAEL A. HENNESSY is an Assistant Professor of Naval and Military History at the Royal Military College of Canada. Specializing in the history of technology, low intensity conflict and international security studies, he has published widely on Canadian defense issues.