Sound military decision / Naval War College [Estados Unidos]

CONTENIDO: Foreword. Professional Judgment in its relation to the successful conduct of war.- Command and its problems.- Mental processes and human tendencies.- Basic principles applicable to military problems (The Fundamental Military principle).- The application of the fundamental military principle (objectives- Their selection and attainment).- The four steps in the solution of a military problem.- The excercise of professional judgment in planning.- The selection of a correct objective (Including the determination, in preper detail, of the action requerired for the attainment).- The first step- The solution of a basic problem (The estimate of the situation).- The resolution of the required action into detailed operations (The second step-The solution of subsidiary problems).- The excercise of professional judgment in the execution of the plan.- The inaguration of the planned action (The third step-The formulation and Issue of directives).- The supervision of the planned action (The fourth step).- Conclusion.- Appendix. Outline form of an operation plan.- Tabular from of the estimate of the situation.