The gettysburg campaign
(2015)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pickle Partners Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2015
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781782899440 (electronic bk.) MWT11520103, 1782899448 (electronic bk.) 11520103
LANGUAGE
English
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While hundreds of volumes exist on the Gettysburg Campaign, most examine the battle's tactical framework and focus on the activities of brigades and regiments. However, of more interest to the serving military professional may be an analysis of the degree to which the Confederacy's design and execution exemplify attributes of what is now known as the operational art. This monograph provides just such a study. The importance of the operational level of war and its supporting art cannot be overstated. Only with a recognition of this level between those of strategy and tactics and a mastery of its art can commanders have the appropriate frame of reference to link strategic goals assigned by national authorities with the tactical activities of their subordinate commanders. Although U.S. Army doctrine may have been late in formally recognizing the existence and significance of the operational level of war and its supporting art, it may have appeared very early in our military history. Indeed, without being named as such, the concept may have been placed into effect as early as the American Civil War

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