Excerpt from Centers of Gravity and Critical Vulnerabilities: Building on the Clausewitzian Foundation So That We Can All Speak the Same Language Since its initial printing over a year ago, Dr. Strange's monograph on centers of gravity and critical Vulnerabilities has stimulated the study and discussion of this important subject throughout the Marine Corps. Dr. Strange's analytical construct has been incorporated into the Marine Air - Ground Task Force Staff Training Program course provided to Marine Expeditionary Force headquarters staffs, and into draft Marine Corps doctrine. This fall it is being introduced into the curriculum of the navy-marine Corps Intelligence School. A significant portion of the work's recent demand also comes from professional military education activities outside the Marine Corps. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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With the U.S. military tasked to conduct multiple concurrent global operations and enemies who eschew traditional warfare, it has become vitally important to protect critical U.S. vulnerabilities and ensure the safety of the U.S. center of gravity. Likewise, with the U.S. military shifting towards capabilities-based planning and application of the military aspect of national power with limited resources, an accurate determination of an adversary's critical vulnerabilities will enable friendly forces to select a course of action that best attacks the enemy's center of gravity via indirect means. A methodical deconstruction and analysis of the center of gravity enables a precise identification of the critical vulnerabilities to attack or defend. Although numerous methods have been developed for critical factors analysis, they are individually inadequate to accurately and consistently provide the information vital to operational success. The methodology presented in this paper offers a logical, pragmatic synthesis of established best practices that will better allow operational commanders to apply all aspects of national power to destroy the enemy's center of gravity and also protect the U.S. center of gravity.