Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 2/2012: 34-39
A Brief Insight into the History of Operational Art and its Contemporary Aspects (Part I)Military art
Understanding the importance and role of present-day operational art is not always a matter of knowledge of relevant doctrinal publications or the use of experiences from military operations. Number of aspects of operational art had their roots deep in the history of warfare. Many of them are unknown or forgotten. This article aims to give the reader some basic information about the context that led to the awareness of the need of operational art and finally to real fulfilling the imaginary gap between strategy and tactics, which was the place for operational art. The article briefly describes the background of the emergence of operational art and the approach of two basic schools of military theory: Soviet and German that were crucial to its development.
Keywords: operational art,strategy,strategic management,tactics,military operations
Published: June 15, 2012 Show citation
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