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Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War

Categories: Afghanistan,Defense/Military,NATO

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB889.pdf

Discusses the traditional importance of unity of command in American military doctrine and practice from World War One to the present and how this principle has been forsaken in the evolution of military command in Afghanistan with operations split between U.S. Central Command, NATO, and U.S. Special Operations Command. Calls for a return to previous practice. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.