Milan Vego is R.K. Turner Professor of Operational Art, U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI, and is the author of ten books, including Joint Operational Warfare: Theory and Practice (2009) and Maritime Strategy and Sea Denial (Routledge, 2016).

Preface

1. Introduction

2. The Objectives

3. Methods

4. Elements

5. Operational Command and Control

6. Operational Decision-Making

7. Operational Design

8. Operational Idea

9. Operational Support

10. Operational Planning

11. Preparations and Execution

12. Operational Leadership

13. Operational Thinking

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of both the theory and practice of operational warfare at sea and this 2nd edition has been thoroughly revised, with two completely new chapters.