Art of War III

This course develops an understanding of military operations from historical and theoretical perspectives. It explores operations in all three environments – land, sea and air. Through a series of case studies spanning warfare in the mid-20th century until the Iraq conflicts of today [Vietnam, Malayan Emergency, Dhofar, Arab/Israeli Wars, Falklands War and the Iraq wars from 1990] the module examines issues affecting the conduct of operations and their relationship with the strategic and tactical levels of command. The common themes from the ACSC MSDP program will be integrated across the module: the political objective; unity of force (joint and coalition); strategic / military culture; sustainment; learning and adaptation; leadership and command; capability and force structure; operational environment and civ-mil relationships. There are three sessions (12 hours) per week, over the course of 5 weeks.