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%PDF-1.4 %���� 1 0 obj << /Pages 2 0 R /Type /Catalog >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Producer (itext-paulo \(lowagie.com\)[JDK1.1] - build 132) /ModDate (D:20091106132021-05'00') /CreationDate (D:20091106132021-05'00') /Author (Vego, Milan N.) /Keywords (*MILITARY ART;*MILITARY STRATEGY;WARFARE;COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS;THEORY;FAILURE;POWER;MILITARY PLANNING;REPRINTS;MILITARY OPERATIONS;RISK) /Subject (Probably no concept of operational art is as complex as culmination. In an article entitled Why Strategy Is Difficult that appeared in these pages in Summer 1999, Colin Gray discounted the utility of the concept of culminating points. Yet despite its problematical nature this element of operational theory has demonstrated utility in explaining the conduct of campaigns and will remain an essential construct for understanding future wars. Application to Levels of War Culmination did not receive proper attention until operational art was revived during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Since then, the Army has given more attention than other services to the concept. Nevertheless, it is applicable to all functional, joint, and combined operations. The notion of a culmination point is identified with Carl von Clausewitz, who described it as the moment when the remaining strength is just enough to maintain a defense and wait for peace. Once past, the chance of victory would be foreclosed unless an enemy yielded without engaging in decisive combat. An enemy would prevail if it choose to fight. Culmination could becharacterized as a point reached by attackers or defenders in terms of time and space after which stated objectives cant be accomplished, and continued efforts to reach them would significantly heighten the risk of failure or defeat. This point is reached when there is a decisive shift in relative combat power.) /Title (Operational Overreach and the Culmination Point) /Filename (/pdf/TR/ADA519538.pdf) >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Kids [4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R] /Count 9 /Type /Pages >> endobj 4 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 13 0 R /Resources 14 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 15 0 R >> endobj 5 0 obj << /CropBox [0 0 612 792] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 612 792] /Resources 16 0 R /Contents 17 0 R /Type /Page >> endobj 6 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 18 0 R /Resources 19 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 20 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 21 0 R /Resources 22 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 23 0 R >> endobj 8 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 24 0 R /Resources 25 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 26 0 R >> endobj 9 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 27 0 R /Resources 28 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 29 0 R >> endobj 10 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 30 0 R /Resources 31 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 32 0 R >> endobj 11 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 33 0 R /Resources 34 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 35 0 R >> endobj 12 0 obj << /CropBox [42.48 398.664 645.91199 1181.52] /Rotate 0 /Parent 2 0 R /Thumb 36 0 R /Resources 37 0 R /MediaBox [0 0 792 1224] /Type /Page /Contents 38 0 R >> endobj 13 0 obj << /Length 2982 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Filter [/ASCII85Decode /DCTDecode] /Width 75 /BitsPerComponent 8 /Height 97 >> stream s4IA>!"M;*Ddm8XA:OX[!!3,S!/(=\#RC\B#Rh"G$kWjS$P=*a$k*X](_[Pt',)3! &el#o'G;2u)]Tn=)]'bF-RU/b2)@$E2*3l]4$,Mc4$,M)%1Wjb()S85(aCda+Xf*- 4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mc4$,Mcs1eUH #QS959*52,!!3`5!tbS6_uW(&!!*6(!

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