Effects-Based Operations is an emerging operational concept, that seeks to obtain a desired strategic outcome or effect on the enemy through the synergistic and cumulative application of the full range of military and non-military capabilities at all levels of conflict. Most of the information written about effects-based operations examines the utility at the strategic and operational level, but there is a general lack of information on the relevance at the tactical level. Thesis research compares the effects-based approach to operations and compares it against the current objectives-based approach to operations. The research includes a review of current thought on effects-based operations. Evaluation considers three conditions, which provide appropriate evaluation criteria. The three conditions include the contemporary operating environment, the U.S. Army future force and the tactical level of war. From the evaluation criteria, analysis compares the two approaches to operations and suggests that effects-based operations do have tactical utility to the U.S. Army future force operating in the contemporary operating environment.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
