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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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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

Sequence

Pages

2 pages

File Size

111.83 KB