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DTIC ADA430934: P.S. Bond, The Clausewitz of Combat Engineering: Does Assured Mobility Follow His Principles?

Doctrine developers in the combat arms often draw upon the wisdom of military theorists like Clausewitz, Jomini, JFC Fuller and B.H. Liddell Hart. While these theorists provide enduring wisdom on operational art, their work lacks detail regarding many of the battlefield operating systems (BOS). As a combat arm, engineers draw upon the same principles of operational art as the maneuver arms. As maneuver support specialists, engineers must also adhere to principles that are branch specific. Unfortunately, most of the available written material on military engineering, other than Army doctrinal manuals, can only be classified as tactics, techniques and procedures. There is very little material available to describe the operational art of military engineering or what its enduring concepts are. Research on this topic revealed one author whose concepts stood out. His work illustrated the elemental principles of military engineering - much as Clausewitz and Jomini described the fundamental principles of war. That author was Colonel Paul Stanley (P.S.) Bond. Bond commanded a US Army engineer regiment in Word War I and wrote about his experiences until the mid 1950s. It is evident in his wr

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