ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE
U.S. military doctrine defines operational art within the domain of conventional warfare. This monograph evolves the conventional understanding of operational art into the domain of irregular warfare. Al Qaeda in Iraq, as led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, orchestrated seemingly disjointed attacks against random targets from 2004 to 2006. This monograph determines that Zarqawi employed a unique form of operational art through deliberately planned and synchronized attacks to achieve a specific aim.
The monograph derives the irregular warfare operational art definition and appropriate characteristics from analysis of authoritative authors’ works and published military doctrine on conventional operational art. The derived characteristics are used to evaluate the strategic, operational, and tactical influences of Zarqawi’s organization, plans, and tactics. This examination illustrates how the leader of a terrorist organization sought to synchronize operations in time, space, and purpose to combat a superior force and achieve a strategic aim. The monograph concludes Zarqawi did employ a form of operational art against U.S., Coalition, Iraqi Security Forces, and the Iraqi population from 2004 to 2006.
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ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE
U.S. military doctrine defines operational art within the domain of conventional warfare. This monograph evolves the conventional understanding of operational art into the domain of irregular warfare. Al Qaeda in Iraq, as led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, orchestrated seemingly disjointed attacks against random targets from 2004 to 2006. This monograph determines that Zarqawi employed a unique form of operational art through deliberately planned and synchronized attacks to achieve a specific aim.
The monograph derives the irregular warfare operational art definition and appropriate characteristics from analysis of authoritative authors’ works and published military doctrine on conventional operational art. The derived characteristics are used to evaluate the strategic, operational, and tactical influences of Zarqawi’s organization, plans, and tactics. This examination illustrates how the leader of a terrorist organization sought to synchronize operations in time, space, and purpose to combat a superior force and achieve a strategic aim. The monograph concludes Zarqawi did employ a form of operational art against U.S., Coalition, Iraqi Security Forces, and the Iraqi population from 2004 to 2006.
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ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE

ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE

by Gary Brock Jr.
ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE

ZARQAWI’S SFUMATO: OPERATIONAL ART IN IRREGULAR WARFARE

by Gary Brock Jr.

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U.S. military doctrine defines operational art within the domain of conventional warfare. This monograph evolves the conventional understanding of operational art into the domain of irregular warfare. Al Qaeda in Iraq, as led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, orchestrated seemingly disjointed attacks against random targets from 2004 to 2006. This monograph determines that Zarqawi employed a unique form of operational art through deliberately planned and synchronized attacks to achieve a specific aim.
The monograph derives the irregular warfare operational art definition and appropriate characteristics from analysis of authoritative authors’ works and published military doctrine on conventional operational art. The derived characteristics are used to evaluate the strategic, operational, and tactical influences of Zarqawi’s organization, plans, and tactics. This examination illustrates how the leader of a terrorist organization sought to synchronize operations in time, space, and purpose to combat a superior force and achieve a strategic aim. The monograph concludes Zarqawi did employ a form of operational art against U.S., Coalition, Iraqi Security Forces, and the Iraqi population from 2004 to 2006.

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BN ID: 2940149083169
Publisher: ReadCycle
Publication date: 11/15/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 205 KB
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