Works of Enduring Value
Corbett’s value for today’s military professional lies in four of his concepts:
- (1) controlling lines of communications, focus on the enemy, and manoeuvre for tactical advantage;
- (2) the aspects of political, economic and financial dimensions of waging war as well as with the technological and material aspects of war;
- (3) the primacy of politics in war and in devising an appropriate strategy to protect the national interests and
- (4) the emphasis on efficiency in battle while preserving costly assets.
However, his concept of limited war on isolated countries or nation states most likely would be very difficult to achieve with today’s political and economic intricacies between nations in conjunction with current technologies on a symmetric battlefield. However, they could still be applied on an asymmetric battlefield with success.
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