Framework of Operational Warfare

With the five paragraph field order format used by the US Army as his base, Lieutenant Colonel Newell provides a logical way to make sense of the chaos of war, and to determine whether or not war is the most appropriate means of resolving disputes. Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 THE STUDY OF WAR, 2 THE PERSPECTIVES OF WAR, 3 UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION IN WAR, 4 SETTING OBJECTIVES IN WAR, 5 CONDUCTING WAR, 6 SUPPORTING WAR, 7 CONTROLLING WAR, 8 THE UTILITY OF WAR, 9 EPILOGUE, Appendix I THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH FORMAT, Appendix II A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE US ARMY’S FIVE-PARAGRAPH FORMAT, Notes, Bibliography, Index