Evolutions of Operational art

Rick Herrera, School of Advanced Military Studies

Evolutions of Operational Art (EOA) takes its name and inspiration from the seventeenth-century military concept of evolutions, or practices. It is a focused study of selected campaigns and major operations short of campaigns ranging from the late eighteenth century through the early twenty-first century. It is a bridge that links many concepts from Theory of Operational Art and US Army and Joint doctrine as it anticipates Strategic Context of Operational Art, Design of Operational Art, and Anticipating the Future. Moreover, several lessons incorporate or suggest events and actions that lend themselves to Morality and War.