Matthew Ridgway - Monograph Published By The US Army 2011

Monograph Published By The US Army 2011

The United States Army School of Advanced Military Studies published a monograph in 2011. An excerpt from the abstract (p. 2):

...Ridgway overcame inadequacy. Although he completed all the military education available, it was only after intense crucible of three combat operations that jhe eventually applied operational art successfully. Ridgway achieved tactical success but did not adequately apply operational art from HUSKY, NEPTUNE and MARKET. Ridgeway learned from his failures and progressively improved his application of operational art during the BULGE and VARSITY. Not until his fifth experience, did he master operational art. ... the most important subcomponent of visualization depends on eleven elements of operational art. These elements are the template this monograph uses

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