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12. Constraints
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| Article 82-Doctrine | ||
| 82.1 | Doctrine | |
| Doctrine represents the military rules of engagement, practices and methods. For well established military forces doctrine represents usually not one document, but a steady flow and history of documents dating back to the first engagement of its forces in war. |
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| While the existence of doctrine is an essential part of maintaining discipline and focus of a military force in peace time, in war, doctrine has always been a tactical constraint. |
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| 82.2 | Doctrine and warfare | |
| The constraint and fault of doctrine in actual warfare comes not about from flawed intent but from the very nature of how doctrine is formed and how war occurs. | ||
| Doctrine is written after the fact, typically as a result of deep analysis and discussion concerning the historical lessons of recent warfare. Doctrine is rarely if ever written as war is prosecuted. On the other hand, every war is unique ad every battle presents its own unique challenges and paradoxes. | ||
| Therefore on the battlefield doctrine inevitably clashes and in some cases severely constrains operational commanders to successfully prosecute war in the fluid and dynamic nature it is. | ||
| This is why the wisest generals maintain the simplest doctrines for its field commands in battle and leaves the writing of history and doctrine to after the battle is won. | ||
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