Lessons for Military Planning in 21st Century Warfare: Shaping the Military Defeat of Daesh in the Middle Euphrates River Valley

摘要

This article offers contemporary military planners and other interested parties an insight into the challenges of planning joint fires in support of high-intensity warfare at the operational level in the 2fst Century. Rob Alsworth and Andrew Tidmarsh draw on their experiences with Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve in 2017 to examine the complexities of coalition operations in an environment of maximum scrutiny, minimum footprint and the unclear intent of numerous, diverse stakeholders.