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DTIC ADA518040: Command and Control at the Operational Level

The study of the pentagonal art as one of the principle divisions of military history is a relatively recent phenomenon, although the practice of that art may extend into antiquity. Consensus exists that Napoleon first understood mass warfare and suggests that his success in raising, organizing, and equipping mass armies revolutionized the conduct of war and marked the origin of modern warfare. Operational art, then, as an integral part of the disciple of military history, can be traced to that French Emperor and his two quarreling students, Clausewitz and Jomini. With the publication of Field Circular 100-61-1, Theater Army, Army Group, and Field Army Operations, the US Army has explicitly recognized the requirement to develop doctrine and organizations at those levels to establish the full range of command and control functions necessary for the conduct of the operational level of war.

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