CIA • 2016
THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR
Approved for Release: 2016/02/10 C06500913 B2B2267 Tactical Fundamentals�Intro to Tactics The Principles of War The nine principles of war are aids to a leader as they consider how to accomplish a mission. As opposed to being prescriptive steps or actions that must be accomplished, they are guidelines for conducting operations through all the levels of war; strategic, operational, and tactical. (Warfighting, 28- 32) Sightless adherence to these principles will not guarantee success, but each dev...
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Timeline
- Created
- Mar 16, 2022
- Released
- Feb 25, 2016
- Publication
- Feb 25, 2016
- Case number
- F-2015-02488
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Metadata
Document #
06500913
Case #
F-2015-02488
Document Type
SPECIALCOLLECTION
Collection
FOIA Collection
Release Decision
RIFPUB
Original Classification
U
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Pages
2 pages
File Size
111.83 KB