UNITY OF COMMAND IN AFGHANISTAN: FORSAKEN PRINCIPLE OF WAR
November 07, 2008
November 07, 2008
CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa., Nov. 7 -- The U.S. War College issued the following paper:
This Carlisle Paper discusses the traditional importance of unity of command in American doctrine and practice from World War I until now, and how this principle has been forsaken in the evolution of military command for Afghanistan. It examines the unprecedented departure from the principle of unity of command in Afghanistan in 2006, when Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan passed control of the gr . . .
This Carlisle Paper discusses the traditional importance of unity of command in American doctrine and practice from World War I until now, and how this principle has been forsaken in the evolution of military command for Afghanistan. It examines the unprecedented departure from the principle of unity of command in Afghanistan in 2006, when Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan passed control of the gr . . .