Military Review English Edition November-December 2014 | Page 122

Street Journal, (21 April 2014).
39. Ibid.
40. Ibid.
41. These concepts are currently taught in the C400 Operational Art and Design blocks of instruction.
42. Specifically, in H104, Armies of the People and the Birth of
Modern Operational Art.
43. Raymond T. Odierno, The U.S. Army Chief of Staff’s
Professional Reading List, http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/332649.pdf.
44. David Hackett Fischer, Washington’s Crossing (New York:
Oxford University Press, December 23 2003), 109. Fischer
documents the Hessian disdain for the fighting qualities of the
Continentals.
45. Michael Shaara, The Killer Angels (New York: Crown Publishers, 1974), 182-183.
46. Ibid.
47. Michael Korda, Ike: An American Hero, (New York: Harper/
HarperCollins, 2007), 152.
48. Eisenhower, At Ease, 179.
49. JP 5-0, III-1.
50. Shaara, 182-183.
51. J.N. Mattis, Gen., USMC, “Vision for a Joint Approach to
Operational Design,” Memorandum for U.S. Joint Forces Command
(6 October 2009), Attachment 1, 2.
52. JP 5-0, GL-13. The publication now reflects a few references to creativity, e.g., regarding operational art, which it defines it as,
“The cognitive approach by commanders and staffs—supported

by their skill, knowledge, experience, creativity, and judgment—to
develop strategies.”
53. Tom Wolfe, The Right Stuff (New York: Bantam Books,
1979). 17.
54. Ibid.
55. Observations of the author during the course of the C400
Operational Art and Design block.
56. Robert N. Anthony, John Deardon, Norton M. Bedford,
Management Control Systems, Fifth Edition (Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1984), 51.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid., 52.
59. Ibid., 51.
60. Eisenhower, Crusade in Europe, 4.
61. Ibid., 210.
62. Ibid., 251.
63. Dwight D. Eisenhower, “Special Message to the Congress
on Reorganization of the Defense Establishment,” 3 April 1958,
The American Presidency Project, #65, http://www.presidency.
ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=11340.
64. David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War, (New
York: Sherman Publishing Company, 1886), 308.
65. Ibid.
66. Raymond T. Odierno, with John M. McHugh, “2012 Army
Strategic Planning Guidance 2012” (19 April 2012), 4, http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/downloads/243816.pdf.
67. Eisenhower, “Special Message to the Congress.”
68. Thoreau.

The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army
Tired of waiting
between issues for
great articles?

Check out our most
current and previous
articles now:

Want to comment?

You no longer have to—MR
Spotlight is online now! This new
feature publishes articles biweekly,
so you now have access to more
information more often.

Go to http://usacac.army.mil/
CAC2/MilitaryReview/index.asp
or click on the” MR Spotlight” link
to get started.

The official Military Review
Facebook and Twitter sites are now
available for readers to comment
on the overall layout, design, or
content of the magazine. We also
strongly encourage professional
discussion and debate on all articles
published in Military Review.

“Military Review is an important forum that helps
shape the dialogue of our profession.”

—Gen. Raymond T. Odierno
120

November-December 2014  MILITARY REVIEW