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Two earlier monographs in this series by General Gordon R. Sullivan and Colonel James M. Dubik, Land Warfare in the 21st Century and War in the Information Age, provided a general concept of what land warfare might portend in the post-Cold War and post-Information Age environment. This monograph, by General Sullivan and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony M. Coroalles, brings into focus several areas where the future will differ most from the past. They provide insights into three critical areas: the operational environment; the emergence of simultaneity as a unifying concept in Information Age warfare; and, changes that must take place in the planning environment.
When history is at a watershed, people, institutions, and nations have three choices. One choice is to live in the past; relishing triumphs, elaborating on myths, and eventually becoming a part of the past. The second choice is to fight change. Indeed, all change is not for the better. In times of uncertainty, like those the Army faces today, individuals, institutions, and nations are susceptible to what can be facile, transitory, and faddish. The Army would do well to recall the "pentomic divisions" plan of 1956. The third alternative is for individuals, institutions and nations to embrace the future with all of its uncertainties. It is better to transform rather than to be transformed by the future.
Publication Date
3-1-1995
Keywords
land warfare; 21st century; information age; operational environment; information age; Sullivan; Coroalles; Transformation
Recommended Citation
Gordon R. Sullivan General and Anthony M. Coroalles Lieutenant Colonel,
The Army in the Information Age ( US Army War College Press, 1995),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/243
