00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.860573 CaOODSP 20221107160528 cr ||||||||||| 180815s2010 onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- D12-4/5-2010E-PDF Coombs, Howard. Educating the Canadian Forces [electronic resource] : the introduction of the operational level of war / Colonel Howard Coombs. Introduction of the operational level of war Toronto : Canadian Forces College, Centre for National Security Studies, 2010. 15, [7] p. Strathrobyn papers, 1192-9081 ; No. 5 Title from cover. Issued also in French under title: Instruction des Forces canadiennes : introduction du niveau opérationnel de la guerre. Includes bibliographical references. "The inclusion of the operational level of war as an underpinning of professional military education has been accepted by the US Army, the German Army and the Soviet Army. It is believed that this concept also has a place in the CF and particularly, in the CFCSC [Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course] curriculum. These seemingly innocuous words written by the Director of Land Studies at the Canadian Forces College (CFC) in 1987 heralded the only significant paradigm shift to take place in Canadian military thought since the Second World War. The operational level was a notable departure from how the Canadian Forces (CF), particularly the Army understood and conducted war. Nurse’s statement acknowledged that the complexity of modern warfare had increased to such an extent that new ideas from other armies were displacing older concepts and it was necessary that Canada follow suit"--p. 1. gccst Armed forces gccst Education gccst Reform Canada. Department of National Defence. Canadian Forces College. Centre for National Security Studies (Canada) Instruction des Forces canadiennes (CaOODSP)9.860575 Strathrobyn papers, 1192-9081 ; No. 5. (CaOODSP)9.860554 PDF 694 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/mdn-dnd/D12-4-5-2010-eng.pdf