The Effects of Joint Operations
Absztrakt :
This book is a treatise about causality in joint operations. Its content accords with that of official publications issued by the Alliance. Various NATO documents
reveal that the way the Alliance approaches joint operations is in sharp contrast with the proverbial statement that war features friction that frustrates action
and makes the simple difficult, the difficult seemingly
impossible. The frictional nature of war does not allow
effects to be traced back to single causes as several concurrent causes are normally at work.
Thus the book can be seen as a descriptive, reflective and explanatory study. It is descriptive since
it describes the way causality decomposes in war. It is
reflective since by discussing causality in war, On War
serves as a basis. It is explanatory since problems are
discovered, contributory factors are identified and explained in detail. At the heart of it is the recognition
that theories capitalising on causal constructs may run
the risk of being costly, slow and unnecessarily destructive. The aim of the author is to develop a novel and
coherent framework to better understand cause-andeffects relationships in war.