The Nature of Military Doctrine: A Decade of Study in 1500 Words
By Aaron P. Jackson
November 15, 2017
After writing a doctoral dissertation examining the relationship between doctrine, strategic policy and military culture; then working as a doctrine developer for almost seven years while concurrently authoring a dozen books, monographs and peer-reviewed journal articles about doctrine, I am finally bold enough to assert that I may know a little bit about it. Recently, my research focus has moved on to other, albeit related, topics. When musing over this change in focus with a colleague, they challenged me to summarize my thoughts about doctrine in a thousand words. Specifically, they said I’m too verbose and therefore wouldn’t be able to do it...
…and they were right! So, what follows is 1,500 words summarizing what I have learned about the nature of military doctrine over the past decade.
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